Senior Software Engineer – SAP Integrations (all genders)

Role: Senior Software Engineer – SAP Integrations Team: ERP Engineering, part of Zalando Technology Foundation. The team owns the ERP landscape, integrating SAP S/4HANA with internal platforms and external partners. Responsibilities: - Design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native integration solutions on SAP BTP Integration Suite, connecting SAP systems (S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba) and third-party platforms (Salesforce, Workday, ServiceNow) using API-led connectivity, pre-built iFlows, and event-driven patterns via SAP Event Mesh. - Own production health end-to-end: monitoring, alerting, SLOs, incident response, ensuring GDPR, security, and compliance. - Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to clarify requirements and ship high-quality integration flows in small, safe iterations. - Expose and consume OData and REST APIs from SAP backends; secure, throttle, and monitor APIs using SAP API Management; leverage SAP Graph as a unified semantic layer. - Design and implement real-time, event-driven integrations using SAP Event Mesh and Advanced Event Mesh; migrate batch-based integrations to event-driven patterns where appropriate. - Build integrations with non-SAP SaaS applications using pre-built adapters and Open Connectors; handle data model mapping across heterogeneous systems without custom code where possible. - Conduct and participate in code and design reviews; share knowledge and support colleagues through pairing and hands-on guidance. Qualifications: - Hands-on experience with SAP BTP Integration Suite. - Proficiency with SAP Business Accelerator Hub – deploying and configuring pre-built integration content. - Strong experience with SAP API Management – API policies, security, throttling, monitoring. - Experience designing and implementing event-driven architectures using SAP Event Mesh or Advanced Event Mesh. - Solid understanding of OData, REST, SOAP, and messaging protocols (AMQP, Kafka, or equivalent). - Experience integrating SAP systems (S/4HANA, SuccessFactors, Ariba) with third-party SaaS platforms. - Knowledge of GDPR and security best practices in integration design. Nice to Have: - Experience with SAP Graph. - Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA data models and standard APIs. - Experience migrating from SAP PI/PO to BTP Integration Suite. - Knowledge of OpenAPI / AsyncAPI specification. - Experience with CI/CD for BTP-based integration artefacts. What We Offer: - 27 days of holiday a year to start for full-time employees (+1 day for every calendar year up to 30 days). - 40% off fashion and beauty products sold and shipped by Zalando, 30% off Lounge by Zalando, discounts from external partners. - Family support, including counselling and dedicated services for parents and carers. - Company pension scheme, employee shares programme. - Health and wellbeing options, including Wellhub, mental health support and coaching. - Development through our training platform and biannual peer-to-peer review. - 2 paid volunteering days a year. - Relocation assistance (subject to prior agreement).