Java Developer (Senior) - SAP for ME

 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.

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! 

What you'll do 

Do you thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy building the tools that empower others? Are you passionate about cloud technologies and clean, efficient code?  

Join our Platform Engineering team and be a key player in developing and maintaining the development platform that powers our industry-leading customer portal "SAP for Me", which serves as the central entry point for all digital interactions with SAP.  

As a seasoned Java Developer, you will drive key concepts in our backbone. Our open-source project "NeonBee"  https://github.com/SAP/neonbee which is a reactive dataflow engine, a data stream processing framework using the Vert.x toolkit is one of the core elements.  

What you bring 

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.  
• 8+ years of experience in software development for production applications in Java (11+), Java 21 experience would be a plus 
• Experience implementing integration design patterns, especially in a microservices or event-driven architecture  
• Experience in developing and operating distributed systems  
• Experience with agile development environments in the practice of test-driven development (TDD), pair programming, and code-sharing models (open source) 
• Understanding of reactive and asynchronous programming concepts  
• Experience with Observability, i.e., Micrometer metrics, Dynatrace, Prometheus 
• Experience with Cloud Foundry, Kubernetes, Docker, or other container technologies, SAP Kyma would be a plus 
• Comfortable working with testing frameworks such as JUnit 5 would be a plus. 
• Strong understanding of database technologies (SQL, NoSQL) and demonstrated experience in data modelling and efficient data manipulation, SAP HANA Cloud and CDS (Core Data Service) views would be a plus. 
• Knowledgeable in handling CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Gradle or similar. 
• Experienced with version control platforms such as GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or similar.  
• Understanding of the OData specification (Open Data Protocol) and the Olingo library is a plus. 
• SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) experience is a plus.  
• Prior experience in leading and mentoring development teams is a plus.  
• Effective collaboration and communication skills for working within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team in English.  
• Excellent problem-solving abilities 

Meet your team 

The Customer Portals organization is responsible to define and implement SAP’s customer & partner portal SAP for Me which is one of the three main digital access points to SAP. In this context SAP for Me is the digital companion for all customers and partners to efficiently manage all their tasks and get insights in all their data related to their SAP collaboration.  

Within Customer Portals, you will become part of the agile team "Bumblebee." The team consists of experienced developers who primarily focus on the development of the shared framework that facilitate the work of developers from other teams. Additionally, the team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and improvement of DevOps tools and deployment. You will work closely with developers and architects to drive and implement new requirements for tools and systems. Emphasis is always placed on code quality, test-driven development, and code reviews. We use pair programming for complex tasks, so it is necessary that you are a team player. 

​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: 402998  | Work Area: Information Technology  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.