Expert AI & Cloud Development Architect - Office of ...

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 u2013 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. Summary: As an Expert Cloud Development Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping SAPu2019s future architecture strategy in alignment with our AI first and Suite first product direction. Reporting directly to the Head of Architecture (US), you will serve as a deep technical expert, driving innovation across SAPu2019s portfolio by designing and enabling next-generation, cloud-native, and AI-integrated architectures.You will work in a global, cross-functional setup and engage with strategic architecture topics that influence platform evolution, product strategy, and customer outcomes. With your technical depth and hands-on attitude, you will help ensure our solutions are scalable, intelligent, secure, and future-ready. Key Responsibilities: u00b7 Own end-to-end architecture for multi-tenant, high-throughput, low-latency cloud-native systems. u00b7 Define reference architectures, guardrails, and engineering standards for microservices and data platforms. u00b7 Lead technical design reviews, and mentor senior engineers and tech leads. u00b7 Architect and evolve Kubernetes-based platforms, service meshes, and API gateways. u00b7 Set API strategy and governance (versioning, backward compatibility, observability, security). u00b7 Select and govern data stores, design for scalability, availability, and data consistency. u00b7 Establish observability-by-design (metrics, logs, traces) and SRE practices (SLIs/SLOs, error budgets). u00b7 Lead performance engineering, capacity planning, chaos testing, and cost optimization (FinOps). u00b7 Security-by-design: threat modeling, zero trust, mTLS, secure SDLC u00b7 Evaluate run proofs-of-concept, and guide roadmap/technology strategy. u00b7 Partner across org to meet product strategies, goals and compliance requirements u00b7 Technical leadership: setting standards/guardrails, conducting ADRs/RFCs, mentoring and cross-org influence Core Technologies: u00b7 Cloud: deep expertise in one major cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure) across compute, networking, storage, IAM; multi-AZ/region patterns u00b7 Containers & orchestration: Docker; Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS); autoscaling u00b7 Service connectivity: service mesh (Istio/Linkerd), Envoy; API gateways/ingress ( u00b7 APIs: REST and gRPC; OpenAPI/Protobuf; versioning and backward compatibility u00b7 Data stores: PostgreSQL/MySQL; NoSQL (DynamoDB/CosmosDB/Cassandra/MongoDB); caching (Redis); search (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch); object storage (S3/GCS/Azure Blob) u00b7 Streaming & messaging: Kafka/Pulsar/Kinesis/Pub/Sub; queues (SQS/RabbitMQ) u00b7 Observability stack: OpenTelemetry; Prometheus/Grafana; Jaeger/Zipkin/Tempo; centralized logging (ELK/OpenSearch) u00b7 CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins; GitOps (Argo CD/Flux); Terraform/Pulumi; Packer; feature flags; blue/green and canary deploys u00b7 Languages: proficiency in one or more of Go, Java/Kotlin (Spring Boot/Quarkus), or C#/.NET; scripting with Python/Node.js as needed; testing including contract tests u00b7 Having knowledge of SAP technologies is considered an added benefit. Minimum Qualifications: u00b7 12 years in software engineering with 5 years architecting & building cloud-native distributed systems at scale. u00b7 Production experience on one or more major clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes. u00b7 Proven delivery of multi-region, highly available systems with clear reliability and security outcomes. u00b7 Deep understanding of distributed systems (consistency, partitioning, failure modes, resiliency patterns). u00b7 Excellent communication and leadership skills, influencing at executive and team levels. ABOUT THE TEAM: The CTO areau2019s mission is to future proof our customers and SAP. Together we evolve SAPu2019s technology strategy and North Star architecture, explore the impact of emerging technologies on SAPu2019s portfolio and leverage the insights for build/buy/partner decisions. We accelerate innovation across SAPu2019s portfolio, collaborating with engineering teams in SAP, partners, and start-ups across the globe. With Business AI and Sustainability, we accelerate SAPu2019s long-term growth and market leadership. #SAPCTOarch 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 SAPu2019s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone u2013 regardless of background u2013 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: . 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. 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. Compensation Range Transparency : SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAPu2019s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted annual combined range for this position is 198000 - 420000(USD). The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits (. 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: 447785 Work Area: Software-Design and Development Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

Created: 2026-04-09