Senior Platform Engineer; m​/f​/d

Purpose and Objectives

Join an innovative, collaborative development environment and help shape secure data access and connectivity capabilities as part of SAP’s Big Data Fabric Services (BDFS). You will help shape the next generation of SAP Data Accelerator and related BDFS platform capabilities across architecture, engineering execution, and production readiness.

SAP Data Accelerator focuses on secure partner connectivity and access to SAP business data across SAP ERP and Line-of-Business applications in on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud landscapes. It sits within the broader BDFS portfolio, which enables customers to enter the world of big data more easily and delivers platform capabilities such as Apache Spark as a service, multi-language data processing on Kubernetes-based infrastructure, and access to hyperscaler-agnostic data sources using the Delta Sharing protocol on top of the HANA Data Lake File Service (HDLFS).

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will contribute across design, coding, testing, operability, and quality assurance in a development team. You will assess and solve issues in new or existing code and work with high attention to detail, reliability, and efficiency. You will collaborate closely with team members to ensure success.

• Work on design, coding, and quality assurance tasks related to specific product features.
• Build reliable, production-ready platform capabilities and help drive engineering quality across the team.
• Develop in Java, Python, and Go, with Rust as a plus.
• Work in an agile team that uses the Scrum framework to self-organize and achieve development goals.
• Mentor and guide junior developers to foster their professional development and growth.
• Support Product Owners and Architects on technical discussions.
• Help build PoCs and research possible technical solutions.

Core Engineering

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering.
• Advanced or fluent English.
• Excellent programming skills and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, space, and run-time complexity (Big-O notation).
• Strong hands-on development experience in Java, Python, and/or Go.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex software issues leveraging technical and product skills.
• Familiarity with design patterns, Clean Code, continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD), code review, and test-driven development (TDD) is desired.

• Experience with cloud-native development and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Good understanding of networking concepts relevant to distributed systems, secure connectivity, and cloud environments.
• Experience with secure connectivity and platform engineering patterns, including OAuth 2.0, mTLS, proxy or tunnel-based architectures, and multi-tenant service design.
• Experience with observability practices including metrics, tracing, health checks, alerting, and Open Telemetry.
• Experience with scalability, autoscaling, capacity management, and performance tuning for distributed services.
• Experience with secure software engineering, threat modeling, production hardening, and automated testing across unit, integration, and end-to-end scenarios.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools, and the ability to use them effectively across the software development lifecycle.

• Experience integrating with SAP backend systems such as SAP ERP (ECC or S/4
  
  HANA) and Net Weaver-based landscapes.
• Experience with REST API design and service workflows such as enrollment, connection or session lifecycle, endpoint management, or related platform capabilities.
• Willingness to take ownership, drive new developments, and work creatively on challenging and groundbreaking tasks in accordance with the highest technical standards.
• Commitment, team spirit, flexibility, and initiative.
• Ability to quickly learn new areas of knowledge.

• Rust development experience.
• ABAP development experience.
• Experience building SAP add-ons or backend extensions.
• Current…