Senior Cloud Developer at Kyma

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The Product

Kyma (https://kyma-project.io) is a strategic element of SAP Business Technology Platform.

The essence of Kyma is to enrich Kubernetes with a set of features that allow users to quickly start developing cloud-native applications using the power of Kubernetes and combine them with both the cloud-native world of microservices and legacy monolithic systems in an opinionated way.

Our teams build Kyma from scratch, so you will have a real say in what Kyma architecture looks like and which technologies are used.

The Role

We're looking for a Senior Developer to join our R&D teams to work in the Kyma project. In this role, you'll primarily work with the product, designing and developing new features, as well as supporting the SRE team in running it on the cloud platform.

You will implement Kubernetes operators in Go as well as configure, deploy, and maintain cloud services to build the final solution.

Every day, you'll have the opportunity to work with new technologies like the CNCF stack and Kubernetes, and use cloud providers such as SAP Converged Cloud, GCP, Azure, and AWS.

We expect you to share your extensive knowledge with other team members by becoming a mentor and domain expert in relevant areas. At the same time, we will provide you with access to rich mentorship to help you further develop your cloud mindset.

Role Requirements

We are looking for people with advanced development skills in any programming language (for example, Go, C#, Java, Kotlin) who have advanced knowledge and passion for cloud programming combined with a willingness to explore new technologies.

You should also have:

• Proven experience of at least 5 years in writing clean and testable code
• Proven experience in the development, deployment, and orchestration of applications in cloud
• Good understanding of service mesh and authorization of applications
• Good understanding of distributed and decoupled architectures, eventual consistency model
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Azure Devops, or equivalent
• Ability to solve complex problems by leveraging your broad experience (proven with examples) and extensive collaboration skills     
• Ability to lead and drive complex topics to closure
• Good English language skills
• Willingness to provide product support via on-call duties

Benefits

We offer a rich package of benefits, including:

• Life insurance, private medical care, multi-benefit system, lunch pass
• Savings programs
• Multiple learning, development, and training opportunities

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Requisition ID: 408782  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.