Development Expert (f/m/d) - SAP LeanIX

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:

Join us at SAP LeanIX as Staff Backend Engineer and become an integral part of a cross-functional and international Engineering team. As a key member of our team, you will not only contribute individually, but also support your team with a customer‑centric approach and a drive to own both product capabilities and technical components across the backend.

The Role:

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will design and implement secure, scalable services in Kotlin using PostgreSQL, Dropwizard, and Kubernetes. Backend services are hosted in Microsoft Azure, and delivered via RESTful Web Services, GraphQL, or events (Event‑Carried State Transfer Pattern). You will balance your focus between supporting the team and contributing to broader company initiatives, proactively identifying where you can have the greatest impact. You will improve our architecture, automate testing, and ensure high‑quality code through reviews and continuous improvement. Furthermore, you are supporting your team members and demonstrating an ability to understand customer needs, business vision and decisions.

What you bring:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Expertise in Kotlin and/or Java.
• Proficiency with RESTful APIs and GraphQL, designing data flow solutions at scale.
• Proficiency with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred) and CI/CD.
• Experience building and operating scalable backend services.
• A will to use AI the right way.
• Strong spoken and written communication skills in English.

Additionally, you’ll fit just right in if you like to:

• Collaborate with Product Management & UI/UX team members as part of a customer focused team.
• Be guided by engineering values: they aren’t just some pretty word on a blog post. We live by them and challenge ourselves with them.
• Share knowledge and make people around you grow: could it be through active mentorship, pair programming, code reviews or knowledge sharing sessions.
• Be in the driver seat: this position requires proactivity and ownership.
• Frequently get out of your comfort zone: we grow at a fast pace and evolve frequently.
• Do it right the first time: we believe quality iterative development brings velocity, not the other way around.

Meet your team:

You will join team Thrust, a cross‑functional and international team, consisting of Front‑End and Back‑End Engineers as well as an Engineering Manager, a Product Manager and a UX Designer.

The team empowers our customers to model, maintain and establish their Enterprise Architecture efforts, supporting them to reach excellent data quality through top‑notch user experience. You will work at the very heart of what made us successful.

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.

We win with inclusion

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