Development Manager

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.

Development Manager

Location: Montreal | Type: Full-Time | Travel: Up to 10%

About the Role

We're looking for a Development Manager to lead and grow a high-performing engineering team while staying close to the software development. This is a hybrid role — roughly 50-60% leadership, 40-50% individual contribution — perfect for someone who loves building great software and great teams. You'll work on a cloud-native, SaaS product, Sales Cloud V2 used by businesses worldwide, in a fast-paced agile environment.

What You'll Do

Lead & Grow Your Team

· Hire, mentor, and develop engineers; build a culture of continuous learning and high standards

· Set clear goals, give timely feedback, and actively support career growth

· Remove blockers and create an environment where the team can do their best work

· Guide the team towards Agentic Development Lifecycle (ADLC) by using AI-powered development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) to boost team productivity

· Champion engineering best practices: test-driven development, code quality, CI/CD, and observability

· Collaborate with Product Managers and stakeholders to align technical direction with business strategy

Build & Ship Software

· Contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and complex technical problems

· Design and implement cloud-native microservices and REST or event-driven APIs

· Map business requirement (from customer / users) to technical solutions and plan tasks for your team

· Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and built to the highest quality standards

What We're Looking For

Leadership & Experience

· 5+ years of software development experience, including time in a people management or tech lead role

· Proven track record of hiring, growing, and retaining engineering talent

· Clear communicator who can align technical work with business outcomes

· Experience working in agile / Scrum-based teams

Technical Skills

· Strong hands-on coding skills in Java (Spring Boot preferred) and/or Python

· Solid experience building and deploying cloud-native microservices using REST (HTTP/1.1) and/or gRPC/HTTP2

· Experience with event-driven architectures and message brokers (e.g. Kafka)

· Experience building web applications using Angular

· Working knowledge of document store (e.g. MongoDB) is a nice to have

· Experience with AWS and DevOps/CI-CD tooling (Jenkins, Spinnaker, or similar)

· Commitment to quality: test-driven development, integration testing, and meaningful code coverage

· Ability to troubleshoot across the full stack in a cloud environment

Nice to Have

· Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot

· Experience leading an AI tooling transformation within an engineering organization

· Agentic AI concepts and building agents

· Background in CRM, ERP, or enterprise SaaS products

Education

Master's degree with 8+ years, or Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of software development experience. Equivalent practical experience is equally valued.

Why Join Us

· Work on products used by businesses worldwide

· Autonomy to shape your team's engineering culture and ways of working

· Be at the forefront of integrating AI tools into everyday software development

· Collaborative, inclusive environment that values curiosity and continuous improvement

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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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 144600-322500CAD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount, and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. A summary of benefits and eligibility requirements can be found by clicking this link: www.SAPNorthAmericaBenefits.com.

Due to the nature of the role, which involves global interactions with SAP entities, as well as with employees and stakeholders in Canada, functional proficiency in English is required for positions based in the Quebec.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

Requisition ID: 454288 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Management | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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