Senior User Experience Design Specialist (f/m/d)

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.

What you’ll build

As a Senior UX Design Specialist (f/m/d), you'll join our cross-functional design team to enhance experiences for developers, architects, and platform administrators working with CLI tools and automation workflows. You'll create and validate design concepts for command-line interfaces, automation frameworks, and AI-powered development tools.

Your tasks may include:

• Design efficient CLIs and terminal experiences developers love.
• Create user journeys, concepts, and prototypes using AI
• Plan and run user research and usability tests with developers and administrators; translate findings into design improvements.
• Establish design patterns for automation workflows, CLI interactions, and dev tool integrations.
• Ensure designs meet SAP's UX consistency standards while pushing boundaries in developer experience.
• Collaborate with UX colleagues, PMs, and developers to boost developer productivity.
• Champion AI-enhanced design methodologies, sharing techniques that accelerate work without compromising quality.
• Foster a user-centered, insight-driven culture by sharing insights and advocating for developer feedback in decisions.

What you bring

• 5+ years in UX design with proven expertise designing for technical users, CLI tools, automation, or developer products.
• Track record of using AI to accelerate design — prototyping, research synthesis, design systems, or workflow automation, with concrete examples.
• Deep grasp of developer workflows, CLIs, scripting, and automation patterns; you speak developers' language.
• Strong interaction design skills, translating complex technical requirements into intuitive experiences.
• Experience running user research with developers, DevOps, and sysadmins, turning findings into design improvements.
• Proficiency in Figma and AI-powered design tools.
• Familiarity with SAP Design System or similar is a plus.
• Excellent English; German a plus.
• Portfolio showcasing technical/CLI/developer design work is mandatory.

Where you belong

Join BTPX to shape SAP's cloud platform — focused on CLIs, automation, and AI-powered developer experiences. You'll work with UX designers, writers, PMs, and engineers who value technical depth, experimentation, and AI-driven innovation.

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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.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides 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.

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

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

Requisition ID: 453494 | Work Area: Software-User Experience | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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