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SAP • XiAn Shaanxi, CN

Senior Developer for SAP HANA Cloud Database Federation

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Job Description

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

SAP HANA Cloud Database is a global leader in high-performance mission-critical enterprise database systems and keeps growing as a core platform for enterprise data management and analytics. HANA Database Kernel Team is one of the core and privileged teams for SAP HANA Cloud Database development, covering a wide spectrum of technology components. It includes the core data integration features such as federation and replication, database migration service and cloud data export/import, workload management, client/server session management, metadata management, connectivity, elastic compute scaling, and even more. The team has contributed to the success of SAP HANA Cloud Database significantly with new innovations (holding more than 100 registered or filed patents) and feature delivery in quality.

We are seeking a talented and highly motivated software developer to join our team. As a member of our team, you will have the chance to collaborate with a talented group of professionals and contribute to the development of innovative solutions. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and play a crucial part in building a scalable and high-performing system that seamlessly integrates large-scale data into SAP HANA Cloud Database. Your primary focus will be on processing files stored in cloud object stores. If you are a passionate and ambitious software developer, join our team and be part of an exciting journey towards technological excellence.

We are looking for a talented and motivated software developer to join our team. In this role, you will collaborate with a skilled group of professionals, contributing to the creation of innovative solutions. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and play a vital role in developing a scalable, high-performance system. Your focus will be on integrating large-scale data into the SAP HANA Cloud Database, particularly through data virtualization, which allows for federated query execution across a variety of data sources, including both SAP and non-SAP systems. If you are a driven and passionate software developer seeking to be part of an exciting journey toward technological excellence, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our team.

Expectation and Tasks:

As a senior developer, you will work within a cross-location team. Your anticipated responsibilities are as follows:

· Contribute to technological innovation with HANA Cloud by developing new features

· Ensure quality releases by writing unit tests and end-to-end integration tests for the developed items.

· Collaborate with colleagues worldwide, including North America, Europe, and Asia regions

· Conduct research on market-leading technologies to stay ahead in the industry

· Contribute to the company’s Business AI strategy

Educations and Qualifications / Skills and Competencies

As we hire various types of contributors, we are open for talents who have solid background on computer engineering and who are passionate to learn, grow fast, work professionally, and pursue real problem-solving with teamwork.

Basic Qualifications:

· B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of experience in industry

· Proficiency in one or more programming languages (C++ is preferred)

· Proficiency in spoken and written English

· Responsibility, integrity, and teamwork

· Creative thinking, willingness and ability to learn quickly new concepts and technologies

· SAP How-We-Work principles: (1) Build bridges, not silos; (2) Embrace differences; (3) Keep the promise; (4) Stay curious; (5) Tell it like it is

Preferred Qualifications (Plus Factors)

· MS or Ph.D. degree in computer science or related fields

· Knowledge of modern database systems including SQL, query processing, and federated query processing

· Good understanding of cloud-native software design architecture and security

· Experience in development and deployment in cloud environments

· Experience in leading projects or teams

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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 and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 412612 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.

Company benefits

25 (UK) 30 (Germany) 21 (India) days annual leave + bank holidays
Accrued annual leave – 1 day/year up to 30 days (UK)
Open to job sharing
Sabbaticals
Adoption leave – Up to 52 weeks (UK)
Open to part time work for some roles
Returnship
Equity packages
Shared parental leave
Enhanced maternity leave
Fertility benefits
Pregnancy support
On-site childcare
Share options
Electric Car Salary Sacrifice
Gym membership
Dental coverage
Health insurance
Private GP service
Mental health platform access
Life assurance
Life insurance
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Enhanced paternity leave
Travel insurance
Cycle to work scheme
On-site gym
Bike parking
Enhanced sick pay
Emergency leave
Enhanced sick days
Company car
Open to part-time employees
Work from anywhere scheme
Childcare credits
Fertility treatment leave
Pregnancy loss leave
Carer’s leave
Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
Family health insurance
Women’s health leave
Annual bonus
401K
Referral bonus
Joining bonus
Employee discounts
Loyalty programme
Non-contributory pension
Personal development days
Personal development budgets
L&D budget
Language lessons
LinkedIn learning license
Study support
Studying sabbaticals
Lunch and learns
In house training
Hackathons
Professional subscriptions
Further education support

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