(Senior) Developer (f/m/d) for Sovereign Cloud Onsite / ApeiroRA / EU AI Projects

This position is at SAP

The selection process will be fully managed by SAP.

This opportunity is available in Berlin, Munich, Dresden, St. Leon-Rot.

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**We help the world run better** At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. **What you'll do** * Build enterprise cloud infrastructure that provides European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You'll work on SAP Cloud Infrastructure, solving complex distributed systems challenges at scale: multi-region networking, container orchestration, observability, and the APIs that connect them. * You will contribute to building a sovereign, privacy-first AI cloud for the European market that makes it easy to securely train, fine-tune, and deploy foundation and domain models with strict data residency and isolation. * You'll develop solutions using Go, Kubernetes, and cloud-native technologies, tackling problems like: How do you autoscale thousands of workloads across clusters? How do you build resilient control planes and service meshes? How do you design APIs that handle massive traffic spikes? * Your work will power SAP's production systems and thousands of customer environments. You'll contribute to infrastructure that enables organizations to run mission-critical applications with the performance and reliability they expect from leading cloud platforms. * In your role as Developer, you'll contribute to building SAP Cloud Infrastructure through hands-on development of enterprise cloud services that provide European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You'll implement features and components for distributed systems that handle significant scale, working on Kubernetes orchestration, networking, and storage solutions that power customer environments. * You'll develop and maintain cloud-native infrastructure components using Go, Kubernetes, and related CNCF technologies, solving practical challenges in multi-region deployments, API development, and system integration. Your work will involve implementing features for auto-scaling clusters, building resilient workloads, and creating APIs that handle substantial traffic loads. * Contributing to production systems that serve SAP's customer base, you'll help build infrastructure that enables organizations to run mission-critical applications with enterprise-grade performance and reliability. Your code will support European organizations in maintaining data sovereignty while accessing powerful cloud capabilities that compete with leading cloud platforms. **What you bring** * Programming Mastery: Strong experience developing in Go or Python, with a solid understanding of concurrent programming, APIs, and distributed systems design * Kubernetes and/or Openstack expertise: * Kubernetes (satisfies requirement): Hands-on experience operating and developing for Kubernetes in production (cluster management, workload orchestration, and debugging distributed applications); CKA/CKAD/CKS and experience building Kubernetes operators/controllers are strong pluses. * OpenStack (satisfies requirement): Strong OpenStack development/operations background (e.g., Nova/Neutron/Octavia/Cinder/Keystone, networking/storage troubleshooting, upgrades/automation); experience integrating with Kubernetes is a plus. Hands-on experience deploying, tuning, and operating Ceph in production, ideally as storage backends for OpenStack services. * Cloud-Native Ecosystem: Familiarity with the broader CNCF landscape (Helm, Prometheus, Flux, Istio, etc.), Linux fundamentals, and container networking * Cloud Expertise: Familiarity with at least one of the multiple major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including advanced features and best practices * Advanced Development Practices: Expertise in Git workflows, end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, and extensive experience with test-driven development and code reviews * Growth Mindset: 5+ years of software development experience, with proven adaptability and a strong focus on continuous learning, especially in distributed systems * Collaboration Skills: Excellent communication abilities and extensive experience leading agile development teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and mentorship * Open-Source Contribution: Strong enthusiasm for contributing to open-source projects * Security and Compliance: Awareness of industry standards related to security and compliance and experience integrating regulatory requirements into architectural patterns * Cultural Adaptability: Experience working across cultures and languages with strong communication skills for diverse, distributed teams * Soft skills: Excellent presentation, communication and problem-solving skills, have a thorough way of working with accuracy, take proactive initiatives, self-dependent and structured mode of working, high level of commitment and reliability, ready to work in a constantly changing, floating environment, fun working in a multinational team **Meet the team** You'll join PlusOne Central Engineering, where innovation meets collaboration. Our culture values engineering excellence, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives. We embrace modern practices, support career growth, and maintain work-life balance while building enterprise-scale solutions that drive digital transformation. *During the application and selection process, candidates will be informed which manager they will be working with upon hiring. We look forward to your application!* **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 world. SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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: [email protected]. 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. **AI Usage in the Recruitment Process** For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our [Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process]( Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process. Requisition ID: 450678 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: Munich, Dresden, St. Leon-Rot #LI-Hybrid #SAPEUAICloudCareers #MultiSalesDE **Job Segment:** Cloud, ERP, Developer, Open Source, Testing, Technology

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