Platform Engineering Expert

Overview

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 Senior Platform Engineer who can contribute across design, implementation, operability, and technical problem-solving 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. It is part of the BDFS portfolio, which 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.

• Design, coding, testing, operability, and quality assurance for strategic product capabilities.
• Drive platform decisions that balance security, scalability, operability, and product evolution.
• Engage in development using Java, Python, and Go (Rust considered an advantage).
• Work within an agile Scrum team to self‑organize and achieve objectives.
• Mentor team members and promote engineering excellence.
• Support technical discussions, architectural topics, and platform strategy.
• Help build proofs of concept, evaluate technical options, and drive important engineering decisions.

• Core engineering and technical leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Mathematics, Physics, or Engineering.
• Advanced or fluent English proficiency.
• Excellent programming skills with knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and runtime complexity.
• Strong hands‑on expertise in Java, Python, and/or Go within cloud‑native and Kubernetes‑based environments.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex software issues.
• Good communication skills.
• Willingness to continuously learn new technologies and business processes.

• Expertise in networking concepts relevant to distributed systems and secure partner connectivity.
• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, mTLS, multi‑tenant service design, and proxy or tunnel‑based architectures.
• Experience with production hardening, SRE practices, observability, and scalable multi‑tenant service operation.
• Experience in 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, and automated testing across integration and scale scenarios.
• Knowledge of AI‑assisted and agentic engineering tools and their effective use across the software development lifecycle.

• Expertise in SAP backend integration, including SAP ERP (ECC or S/4
  
  HANA), the Net Weaver stack, and related extensibility patterns.
• Experience shaping technical direction for secure partner connectivity and SAP data access scenarios.
• Experience designing API‑driven platform capabilities such as self‑service enrollment, endpoint discovery, connection and session management, capacity management, or related control‑plane workflows.
• Experience shaping control‑plane and data‑plane architectures for secure, scalable enterprise data access.
• Willingness to take ownership, drive new developments, and work creatively on challenging tasks.

• Rust development experience.
• Hands‑on ABAP development experience.
• Experience building SAP add‑ons or backend extensions.
• Current hands‑on experience using AI‑assisted or agentic tools across the software development lifecycle.

Targeted Annual Combined Range: 198,200–420,000 USD. The actual amount to be offered will be within that range, depending on education, skills, experience, scope of role, location, and other factors.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (incl. pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.