Platform Engineer; m​/f​/d

Platform Engineer

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong.

What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

Join an innovative, collaborative development environment and help build secure data access and connectivity capabilities as part of SAP's Big Data Fabric Services (BDFS). We are looking for a Platform Engineer who is eager to learn, grow, and contribute to modern platform engineering in the SAP Data Accelerator and broader BDFS context.

SAP Data Accelerator focuses on secure partner connectivity and access to SAP business data across SAP ERP and LoB applications in on-premise, private cloud, and public cloud landscapes. This work sits within the broader BDFS portfolio, which enables SAP Lines of Business and customers to enter the world of big data more easily. BDFS 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 Platform Engineer, you will contribute to 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 your team members to ensure success. In your day-to-day, your tasks will be:

• Work on design, coding, and quality assurance tasks related to specific product features.
• Help build reliable, production-ready platform capabilities with strong engineering fundamentals.
• Development activities in Java, Python, and Go, with Rust as a plus.
• Work in an agile team that uses the Scrum framework to self-organize and work towards development goals.

Required skills:

• Bachelor's degree in any of the following areas:
  Computer Science, Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering.
• Advanced or fluent English.
• Excellent programming skills and knowledge of algorithms, data structures, space, and run-time complexity (Big-O notation).
• Hands-on programming skills in Java, Python, or Go.
• Foundational knowledge of cloud-native development and Kubernetes-based environments.
• Foundational knowledge of networking concepts relevant to distributed systems and cloud environments.
• Foundational understanding of REST APIs, observability, and automated testing in distributed systems.
• Interest in building secure connectivity and data access services for SAP enterprise landscapes.
• Knowledge of AI-assisted and agentic engineering tools, and the ability to use them effectively across the software development lifecycle.
• Willingness to take ownership, drive new developments, and work creatively on challenging and groundbreaking tasks in accordance with the highest technical standards, plus a high level of commitment, team spirit, flexibility, and initiative.
• 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.
• Ability to quickly learn new areas of knowledge.

Nice to have:

• Experience with Java, Python, or Go development.
• Experience with CI/CD.
• Exposure to Rust.
• Current hands-on experience using AI-assisted or agentic tools across the software development lifecycle.

By joining our team, you will be exposed to the latest technologies and work with world-class developers who will take your professional skills to the next level. You will learn about state-of-the-art cloud deployment technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. You will learn how secure connectivity, observability, and modern platform engineering work in a global development environment. You…