Development Expert

Job Description

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.

About SAP Labs Network and SAP Labs Vietnam

SAP Labs Network is the global R&D setup where over 55,000 engineers around the world create, operate and support the most innovative enterprise solutions for SAP’s customers worldwide. SAP Labs Vietnam aims to become one of the key locations within the SAP Labs Network to support the engineering growth for SAP

What you’ll do

As a UX Foundation Expert Developer, you’ll define the future of enterprise UX by leading SAP’s global UX innovation from Ho Chi Minh City. You’ll ensure customers, partners, and users get the benefits of a consistent, innovative user experience across all their touchpoints with the SAP ecosystem, while establishing yourself as a global technology leader and shaping how 440,000+ customers and 200+ million users experience enterprise software worldwide.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Strategic Architecture and Platform Leadership: Define UX platform strategy affecting SAP’s global business and architect systems serving millions of users across 190+ countries. You’ll collaborate with colleagues around the world to establish technical standards adopted across SAP’s organization, design cloud-native systems handling billions of interactions daily, and create multi-tenant platforms serving diverse global markets. Your strategic decisions will directly impact customer success and satisfaction on a global scale.
• Innovation and Technology Leadership: Pioneer next-generation technologies including AI-first user interfaces, design integration strategies with major technology partners, and lead SAP’s UX research and development initiatives. You’ll drive breakthrough technologies that define the next decade of enterprise UX, establish innovation partnerships with leading universities and research institutions, and create intellectual property portfolio through patents and technical publications.
• Organizational and Executive Leadership: Build and lead multiple engineering teams across continents while driving technical decisions affecting significant revenue impact. You’ll manage distributed teams across multiple continents, influence executive-level strategic planning, and establish Ho Chi Minh City as SAP’s recognized center of UX innovation. Lead organizational transformation initiatives that directly impact customer satisfaction and business success.

What you bring

• Technical Mastery: 10+ years of principal-level architecture experience at global scale - Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native architectures - Advanced knowledge of AI/ML, computer vision, and emerging interaction paradigms - Full-stack mastery across frontend, backend, mobile, and cloud platforms - Security expertise in enterprise-grade authentication, authorization, and compliance - Performance engineering for systems handling millions of concurrent users.
• Strategic Leadership: Organizational impact with track record of leading large engineering organizations - Business transformation experience driving technical decisions affecting significant revenue - Global operations success managing distributed teams across multiple continents - Executive presence with ability to influence C-level executives and board members - Strategic planning experience with multi-year technical roadmaps and budget planning.
• Innovation Excellence: Industry recognition as published researcher, conference keynote speaker, or recognized thought leader - Patent portfolio as inventor on multiple patents in UX, AI, or related technologies - Breakthrough products leadership in development of products used by millions of users - Academic collaboration experience with university partnerships and research initiatives - Technical authority as author of influential technical papers, books, or industry standards.

Meet your team

The UX Foundation team in Ho Chi Minh City is where high energy meets family vibes! We’re a tight-knit group of developers, designers, and product folks who move fast, support each other, and celebrate every win together. Think startup energy with enterprise impact - we ship features that millions use while maintaining the kind of team culture where everyone has each other’s backs.

Whether we’re solving complex customer problems or celebrating a successful product release, we do it as a family. You’ll find us collaborating across time zones with our colleagues in Silicon Valley, Dublin, and Germany, mentoring each other, and always ready to jump in when someone needs help. It’s the kind of team where your strategic vision drives global innovation, your leadership shapes the future of enterprise UX, and your impact gets amplified across the entire organization and industry.

Our modern office in HCMC’s tech district features gaming zones, a rooftop garden, and collaboration spaces designed for both focused strategic work and executive planning sessions. We believe in flexible hybrid work, global conference leadership, and creating an environment where technical excellence and strategic thinking thrive naturally while always keeping customer success at the center of everything we do.

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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: 454714 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid