Senior Cloud Engineer
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.
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.
The Project
Now Cloud Foundry has reached to a new era, where it aims to reach higher levels of portability and community adoption. The team designs, maintains and operates Diego and the container networking services comprising the Cloud Foundry Application Runtime with a deep focus over stability, security and performance. Furthermore, care is taken to integrate the aforementioned open-source components into Business Technology Platform.
We are working diligently to ensure that the largest productive Cloud Foundry environments across the Globe continue to be highly available and scalable.
What You Bring
- Strong communication skills, particularly in a pair-programming environment
- Fast learner and open-minded specialist
- Team player, self-motivated, and passionate about work
- Passionate about skill growth, tackling interesting work, and solving challenging problems
- Fluent in English, ideally fluent in Bulgarian too
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Solid experience in software application development
- Good understanding of modern cloud architectures
- Proficient in debugging and problem-solving
- Enthusiastic about automation
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Concourse)
- Familiarity with source control systems
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (ELK, RIG)
- Excellent communication skills, factual and precise
- Experience in an Agile environment
Professional Experience (at least 5 areas):
- Proficiency in at least one programming language (Golang, Python, Ruby, Bash)
- Strong knowledge of design patterns and coding practices
- Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
- Unix/Linux and systems programming
- Networking (OSI, protocols like TCP, HTTP, SSH, DNS, iptables, load balancing)
- Distributed systems (microservices, API gateways, service discovery)
- Security (encryption, certificates, mTLS, oAuth2, firewalls)
- Database management (relational schema design, PostgreSQL)
- Day-2 operations
Advantages:
- Test-first development
- Pair programming
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, or AliCloud
- Cloud technologies (Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Heroku)
- Containerization
- Familiarity with the 12-factor app methodology
- Experience working in a multicultural, global team setup
Work experience
5+ years of experience in the areas of software development, support and/or operations.
What you’ll do
• Work with and learn from world-class engineers from some of the most innovative companies
• Learn and apply contemporary design and development techniques like Test-Driven Development and 12 factor principles
• Learn different technologies and languages like Containerization, Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Concourse, Cloud Foundry Internals and many others
• Make real friends around the many development locations of the Cloud Foundry Foundation members
• Develop software of the future
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: 398617 | Work Area: Software-Development Operations | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.
Sofia, BG, 1407
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