Software Architect - SAP Procurement

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.

The SAP Procurement Engineering team has the mission to design and develop intelligent procurement processes with cloud mindset, embedded in architecture and technology and build cloud solutions that help our customers to better manage their sourcing, contract, order and invoice processes.

About the team:

SAP Category Management team is responsible for feature development and maintenance of the Category Management cloud-based application. The application enables users to digitalize and streamline the development, execution, and monitoring of purchasing categories strategies in Procurement

The primary areas of technology this team works on are Java, Web, REST, Micro services, UI5, Fiori, Springboot, GitHub, BTP and CAP.

The Role:
As an Architect, you will be working with developers, Product managers and other architects to deliver key enhancements and features, ensure compliance in terms of product standards and architectures guidelines in the SAP Procurement products.

What you'll do:

• Understand company strategy and business; design, implement and continuously improve system architecture to support a high-volume SaaS platform with complex business scenarios, high security, performance, scalability, avaliability and testability.
• Engage in defining, developing, and managing software development models; foster collaboration with colleagues across various teams and time zones to address challenges effectively.
• Liaison with Product Manager, Engineering Manager and other agile teams to align with the overall product vision and architecture design.
• Own the development, testing, implementation, maintenance, and customer support aspects of your projects.
• Thoroughly document technical designs, code, and configurations to facilitate maintenance and future development efforts.
• Spend approximately 40% of your time on coding and leverage on AI for productivity improvement.
• Develop and maintain the Java codes in the Category Management microservice.
• Coaching team members to enhance their proficiency in development processes, quality standards, and relevant technologies, thereby elevating overall expertise and productivity.
• Consistently refining designs and implementations and making substantial contributions to the ongoing development of the technical roadmap.

Role requirements:

• Develop software using agile software engineering and clean code. Good experience in developing web-based applications.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience, with solid CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, distributed systems).
• Extensive hands-on experience in software development, including java, web application, javaScript and cloud native development.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming, design patterns, and application security.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills; innovative mindset.
• Experience with AWS, Azure, or SAP BTP cloud platforms.
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI frameworks for building intelligent features and developer tools
• Sound understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks.
• Professional proficiency in English (written and verbal)

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: 447365 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid