SAP iXp Intern - Platform Infrastructure Engineer - SUMMER 2026

Job Description

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Position title: SAP iXp Intern – Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Location: San Ramon, CA (Hybrid - 3x/Week)

Expected start date: June 1, 2026

Duration: 10 Weeks

We are looking for a Platform Infrastructure Engineer Intern to join our Infrastructure Engineering team and support the transformation of a legacy Java-based platform into a modern cloud-native, AI-native platform. This internship is a great opportunity for a student who is excited about infrastructure, cloud platforms, distributed systems, and the future of intelligent enterprise technology.

In this role, you will work with engineers across platform, infrastructure, security, and data teams to help modernize foundational platform capabilities. You will contribute to efforts that improve scalability, reliability, security, and developer productivity across the platform. You will also gain exposure to modern technologies and architectural patterns involving hyperscalers, APIs, service mesh, messaging frameworks, data platforms, GPUs, agents, and MCP-based services.

This is an ideal role for someone who wants hands-on experience with the systems and tooling that power modern enterprise platforms.

What You’ll Do

• Support the modernization of a legacy Java-based platform into a cloud-native and AI-native architecture

• Assist in building and improving shared platform capabilities across data, roles, permissions, security, infrastructure, and service communication

• Contribute to platform services involving API gateways, service mesh, feature flags, secrets management, and service discovery

• Support engineering work across platform capabilities such as Vault, Consul, database frameworks, messaging systems, and integration services

• Assist with event-driven and messaging patterns using technologies such as Kafka

• Help support platform readiness for modern AI workloads, including infrastructure patterns related to GPUs, agents, and MCP-connected services

• Contribute to integration efforts with Databricks and enterprise data platforms

• Assist in improving access control, security patterns, configuration management, and platform reliability

• Help create internal tooling, documentation, and reusable frameworks that improve the developer experience

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, security, data, and application engineering

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who takes initiative, perseveres, and stays curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field

• Interest in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, or developer platforms

• Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript

• Basic understanding of cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, system design, or infrastructure concepts

• Exposure through coursework, projects, or prior internships to topics such as: Cloud computing, distrubuted systems, containers, messaging systems, databases, security & access control

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

• Ability to learn quickly and work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to enterprise platform technologies or architectural patterns

• Familiarity with concepts such as API gateways, service mesh, Kafka, Vault, Consul, feature flags, or secrets management

• Interest in AI infrastructure, agentic systems, MCP servers, or LLM platform support

• Exposure to Kafka, Databricks, data platforms, or integration frameworks

• Experience with scripting, automation, or developer tooling

• Interest in modernizing legacy systems and building scalable platform foundations

Where You Belong

Be part of SAP Next Gen, a global community for students, universities, schools and educational partners, who are passionate about innovation and technology.

1. Culture of Collaboration: Partner with experienced SAP colleagues and expert mentors who will support your growth. Grow professionally through personalized mentoring, coaching, and career development support.

2. Project-driven Experience: Kickstart your career with hands-on learning experience, making an impact from day one by contributing to meaningful projects that help the world run better. You’ll have endless learning resources at your fingertips and gain future-ready skills from a variety of virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning sessions, cultivated just for you, and aligned with our learning approach.

3. Gain Visibility: Build relationships with leaders and peers across teams and functions. Showcase your ideas, skills, and creativity in a global, fast-paced environment. Open doors for future career opportunities within SAP and beyond.

What You’ll Gain

• Hands-on experience working on large-scale platform modernization

• Exposure to enterprise-grade cloud and infrastructure engineering practices

• Experience supporting shared platform capabilities used by multiple engineering teams

• Insight into how modern platforms are designed to support security, scale, reliability, and AI-native workloads

• Mentorship from engineers working across platform, infrastructure, data, and security domains

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Requisition ID: 447324 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid