Senior Backend Developer

We help the world run better

Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. 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. Apply now!

The development center of SAP in Bulgaria plays a key role in the defining and developing of the SAP Business Technology Platform. With its more than 1400 professionals, SAP Labs Bulgaria also has strong contributions toward life-cycle management, user interface & user experience across the broader portfolio of SAP products and has recently welcomed new teams focusing on business applications. For its 24-year history, the company has established itself as a preferred employer in the IT sector in Bulgaria.

Under the umbrella of SAP Runs SAP, the Intelligent Enterprise Solutions (IES) organization brings SAP's business transformation to life by successfully implementing and running SAP’s own standard software portfolio. IES functions as a role model for the intelligent, sustainable enterprise, performing at the core of the SAP value chain, influencing product strategy and development while delivering customer-centric products and solutions at a shorter time-to-market for business success.  As a part of IES, the Experience Engineering team is tasked with ideating, developing, and supporting over 40 native mobile and web applications for SAP’s 100K+ employees. The team consists of 20 frontend and backend developers, designers, quality assurance and testing engineers, support engineers, students, and operations engineers. 

Our team is looking for a senior backend developer who is passionate about developing cloud based solutions. In this role, you will be developing server-side components and systems which power our mobile and web frontend applications for our employees, helping them to be more productive and efficient in their daily lives through our solutions.

Tech You Bring

• A holistic view of the system development lifecycle (SDLC) in respect to cloud based web and mobile applications
• Writing reusable, testable and efficient code which is secure and focuses on data privacy
• Design, Interpreting and implementing system architectures running on cloud infrastructure
• Knowledge of client-backend architecture (REST) in a web and mobile context
• Experience and knowledge of database design and system responsiveness
• Experience developing authorization and API management through a PaaS
• Experience being an integrated member of scrum team
• Understanding of team dynamics, communication and contributing to an agile organization
• Helping and guiding other team members with your experience and knowledge

Tech You'll Learn

• SAP Business Technology Platform and its core components
• SAP Mobile Services
• SAP Cloud Based Application Model

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of backend development using Node.js/Javascript
• Experience with 3rd party libraries to support development
• Good analytical skills with a good problem-solving attitude
• Ability to be self motivated, ambitious and collaborative in a team environment
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Ability to interpret, contribute and follow technical plans
• Experience with Java backend development a plus

We build breakthroughs together

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 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 200 million users and more than 100,000 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, we build breakthroughs, together.

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.
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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: 387520  | Work Area: Information Technology  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.