Development Architect (fmd) for the Autonomous Operations Platform (AIOps)

We help the world run better
At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and well bring out the best in you. Were builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape whats next. The work is challenging but it matters. Youll find a place where you can be yourself prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. Whats in it for you Constant learning skill growth great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What youll do:

Summary:
We are inviting you as an experienced software architect to join a team that genuinely enjoys working together. We laugh we learn we lift each other up and together were shaping the future of cloud-native infrastructure at SAP and across Europe. Weve committed to open source by donating our projects into the NeoNephos foundation and everything we build should be publicly visible.

We want to transform cloud infrastructure operations through AI at SAP. Youll contribute to autonomous operations capabilities within the Apeiro Reference Architecture (ApeiroRA) part of the EUs IPCEI-CIS initiative to strengthen Europes digital sovereignty. Our mission: eliminate manual incident response as much as possible and enable predictive detection across distributed cloud environments.

Working within the Apeiro ecosystem and the Linux Foundations NeoNephos community youll collaborate daily across various teams. We share knowledge freely review each others code with kindness and celebrate wins as a team. You will grow and so will we because youre here.

The Role:
In your role as a Development Architect youll conceptualize and detail out our idea of an autonomous operations platform. Youll plan and design distributed systems that enable AI-driven incident management define integrations with AI/ML services and develop Kubernetes-native operators that autonomously remediate infrastructure issues based on AI insights.

Your technical leadership will influence design and implementation approaches of the autonomous operations platform within the Apeiro Reference Architecture. Youll tackle challenges like telemetry correlation across logs/metrics/traces automated root cause analysis and knowledge graph systems that power runbook automation.

Youll design production systems that effectively utilize AI/ML services while ensuring core functionality remains intact during infrastructure failures and network partitions. This work will power autonomous operations across SAPs global cloud infrastructure directly supporting the mission to maximize automated resolution rates and minimize manual effort at enterprise scale.

What you bring:
Hard Skills:

• Expert Programming: Deep expertise in languages such as Python Java or Go with focus on distributed systems service integration and cloud-native architecture at scale
• Technical Leadership: Experience in a dedicated software architecture role with a proven track record of finding solutions to complex problems
• Cloud & Kubernetes: Kubernetes skills including operator development custom controllers and production operations across multi-cloud environments
• Observability Skills: Experience with technologies like Prometheus OpenTelemetry Grafana timeseries databases and distributed tracing systems
• AI/ML Integration: Understanding of how to consume and integrate AI/ML services and interpret model outputs for operational decisions
• Cloud-Native Practices: Proficiency in CI/CD pipelines Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g. ArgoCD GitHub Actions Terraform) and GitOps workflows
• Resilience Patterns: Understanding of distributed systems failure modes graceful degradation and designing for unreliable infrastructure

Soft Skills:

• Open Source Contributions: Active involvement in open-source communities wed love to see what youve built and shared with the world
• Team Spirit:You communicate openly give and receive feedback gracefully and genuinely enjoy working closely with others
• Language Skills:Fluency both written and spoken in English (German is a plus but not a dealbreaker well figure it out together)
• Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing:Experience guiding junior or mid-level engineers and contributing to a learning culture within your team
• Innovation Drive:The urge to question the status quo discover problems and find creative solutions

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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.

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Requisition ID: 448680 Work Area: Software-Design and Development Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Part-Time or Regular Full Time Additional Locations: Walldorf