Senior UI Developer

 We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you'll do

As a Senior Engineer in our team, you will be focused on delivering the next-generation web experience for SAP SuccessFactors. As a Senior Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence the technical implementation guidance across multiple sites and engineers. 
 
Key Requirements:
•    7+  Years of overall experience in web-application UI design and implementation. 
•    Expert knowledge of computer science or related field, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design. 
•    Expert in HTML, CSS, JavaScript / ECMAScript 6, and cross-browser compatibility issues.
•    Experience in developing reusable JavaScript components and web-based UI frameworks.
•    Experience using open-sourced UI frameworks, such as jQuery, Angular, React (with Flux or Redux), Vue, and OpenUI5.
•    Experience in converting UX mockups to UIs. 
•    Experience in debugging web-based UI code and performance-tuning them.
•    Experience in unit testing with QUnit, Karma, or Jest with Enzyme. 
•    Solid understanding of implementing web-accessible applications (using guidelines from ADA Section 508 and WCAG).
•    Solid understanding of supporting Right-to-Left languages (such as Arabic and Hebrew).
•    Solid understanding of optimizing web applications with a CDN, such as Akamai, Microsoft Azure CDN, or Amazon CloudFront.
•    Solid UX experience and ability to understand complex UI problem scenarios and propose solutions.
•    Working knowledge of Internet protocols and practices, such as HTTP caching, OAuth/SAML, etc.
•    Working knowledge of API fundamentals and experience consuming REST API.

•    Collaborate with backend engineers to architect  solutions that align with backend capabilities and effectively utilize available data and services.
•    Working knowledge of web security, including Cross Site Scripting, Cross-Site Request Forgery, and HTTP Header Injection.
•    Working knowledge with CSS preprocessors (SASS/LESS) and CSS organization methodologies (BEM, OOCSS, SMACSS).
•    Working knowledge of Web Components.
•    Working familiarity with OOA, OOD, and UML.
•    Ability to communicate effectively with other team members.
•    Passionate about developing cool UIs and a self-starter.

What you bring

•    Proof of past work (e.g., open source contributions in GitHub)
•    Experienced in cloud applications and understanding the cloud operation model; expertise in public cloud is a plus.
•    Experience developing in other languages besides JavaScript, including but not limited to Java, Objective-C, Swift, Python, Scala, and Go.
•    2 year of experience leading UI development in a software project.
 

Meet your team

SAP SuccessFactors is a world-leading provider of cloud human experience management (HXM) – the new people-focused market category for Human Resource technology. Our HXM suite lets more than 7,000 global customers provide their employees with experiences that recognize their individual value and consistently motivate them to achieve peak performance levels – values we also live by. Working on the SAP SuccessFactors team means making an impact to over 160m global users with a market leading cloud solution.
 

​Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 397464  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.