Development Expert (m/f/d) - - Identity & Trust Services, SAP Cloud Infrastructure

What You’ll Do

• Build enterprise cloud infrastructure that provides European data sovereignty and hyperscaler‑grade capabilities, engaging with SAP Cloud Infrastructure to tackle complex distributed systems challenges at scale: multi‑region networking, container orchestration, storage systems, and the APIs that connect them.
• Develop solutions using Go, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, solving problems such as auto‑scaling thousands of containers across regions, building resilient storage systems, and designing APIs capable of handling massive traffic spikes.
• Power SAP’s production systems and thousands of customer environments, contributing to infrastructure that enables mission‑critical applications with the performance and reliability expected by leading cloud platforms.
• Guide engineering teams in SAP Cloud Infrastructure through effective agile practices and delivery methodologies, establishing frameworks that help teams efficiently address distributed systems challenges while maintaining quality and reliability standards required by thousands of customer environments.
• Shape cross‑functional team coordination to build hyperscaler‑grade capabilities, implementing agile practices that support innovation in multi‑region networking, container orchestration at scale, and storage systems handling massive traffic spikes.
• Design and implement agile processes that accelerate the development of enterprise cloud services providing European data sovereignty, enabling teams to deliver mission‑critical systems that support SAP’s global customer base.

What You Bring

• Deep expertise in Go, Python, or similar languages with a strong focus on distributed systems, security‑sensitive services, and cloud‑native architecture; experience with Rust is a plus but not required.
• Advanced knowledge of OpenStack, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP, microservices, event‑driven architecture, and infrastructure automation concepts.
• Strong background in identity and authentication systems or foundations of Trust Services in cloud environments, with practical experience in OIDC, OAuth 2.0, SAML, OpenStack Keystone, Keycloak, or comparable IAM components.
• Strong interest in authentication flows, identity lifecycles, trust relationships, and security architecture, with motivation to deepen expertise in IAM, cryptography, and cloud trust models.
• 8+ years of software development experience with a proven track record of contributing to or leading architectural decisions across teams in complex, distributed environments.
• Experience with Trust Services such as PKI, certificate management, private CAs, or secure key handling is a strong plus; familiarity with PKCS#11, HSM devices, or hardware‑backed key management solutions is beneficial.
• Experience designing and operating systems that handle massive traffic, multi‑region deployments, and highly available, resilient distributed architectures.
• Solid understanding of security principles and compliance requirements, incorporating regulatory, risk, and trust considerations into system and architectural design.
• Experience working across cultures and languages, with strong communication skills for collaboration within diverse, distributed teams.
• Excellent presentation, communication, and problem‑solving skills; a structured, accurate, and self‑driven working style; high level of commitment and reliability; readiness to work in a constantly evolving environment; enthusiasm for collaborating in a multinational team.

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