Development Architect Expert (m/f/d) - Sovereign Cloud

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.

 

 

Location requirement: This position requires the candidate to be physically present in the Berlin, Garching, Dresden or St. Leon Rot office. Please ensure you meet this location requirement before applying. SAP supports relocation for this position and will assist successful candidates with the moving process.

 

What You'll Build

• 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, storage systems, 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, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, tackling problems like: How do you auto-scale thousands of containers across regions? How do you build resilient storage systems? 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 Development Architect, you'll design the foundational architecture for SAP Cloud Infrastructure, creating technical blueprints and architectural patterns for enterprise cloud services that provide European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You'll establish design principles for distributed systems that handle massive scale across thousands of customer environments.
• Your architectural leadership will define how complex infrastructure challenges should be solved, from multi-region networking patterns to container orchestration architectures that auto-scale thousands of containers, and storage system designs that handle massive traffic spikes while maintaining sub-second response times. You'll create architectural standards using Go, OpenStack, and Kubernetes that enable teams to build production systems competing with leading cloud platforms.
• Working on systems that serve SAP's global customer base, you'll establish architectural patterns and design standards that enable organizations to run mission-critical applications with enterprise-grade performance and reliability. Your architectural decisions will shape how European organizations build and deploy cloud infrastructure, directly supporting their ability to maintain data sovereignty while accessing world-class cloud capabilities.

 

What You Bring

• Architectural Mastery: Expert knowledge of microservices, event-driven architecture, distributed consensus, and deep understanding of CAP theorem
• Technical Leadership: 8+ years software development with 3+ years in architecture roles, leading decisions across multiple teams
• System Design Excellence: Proven experience with API design (REST, gRPC, event streaming), data architecture, and event sourcing/CQRS patterns
• Cloud & Performance: Deep expertise in OpenStack, Kubernetes, multi-cloud environments with advanced auto-scaling and caching skills
• Open Source Impact: Significant contributions to widely-adopted projects, preferably as maintainer in CNCF or Linux Foundation ecosystems
• Strategic Vision: Ability to evaluate architectural trade-offs for vendor independence and establish patterns for open source ecosystems
• 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

Where You Belong
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.

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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.

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.

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Requisition ID: 444163 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: or Garching or Dresden or St. Leon Rot #LI-Hybrid #MultiSalesDE #SAP-EUCloudAICareers
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