Development Architect - Cloud

Development Architect / Expert – Cloud Technologies

Are you an engineer with an interest for delivering well-architected products that people love to use? Join our dynamic team as we build a cutting-edge Database as a Service. As a Cloud Architect, you will play a crucial role in architecting and designing a scalable, secure, and highly available database solution that meets the evolving needs of our customers.

What you’ll build:

• You will make technology decisions, influencing the roadmap and guiding your development team through execution and operational phases of the product lifecycle.
• You will define the technical architecture to ensure the services are performant, highly scalable, available and meet the cloud security standards
• You will contribute to business domain strategy based on technology advancements and be a trusted advisor to engineering management & align technology vision with their business and technology priorities
• You will arbitrate technology decisions across your product/platform domain and deliver working results
• You will work closely with other internal teams, such as product management, designers, and end-users to ensure product success.
• You will provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team, ensuring adherence to design principles, coding standards, and best practices.
• You will participate and be vocal in the architect community that engages in cross-domain topics
• You will use computer programming languages and software tools to contribute to the code, fix issues, and experiment with proof of concepts
• You will author clear technical documentation and presentations to communicate architecture and design options to educate engineering teams and product managers
• You will troubleshoot and address complex issues related to cloud services performance, scalability, and security and provide develop creative solutions to address the issues
• You will stay up to date with the latest advancements in cloud computing, database technologies, and distributed systems.

What you bring

• You have a bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• You have 12+ years of hands-on development experience and are proficient in one or more programming languages such as Go, Python, Java
• You have experience with large-scale data architecture, data modelling, database design, and information systems implementation.
• You have experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• You have deep experience with container and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes and monitoring tools such as Grafana & Prometheus
• You have deep knowledge of cloud security best practices and compliance requirements.
• You have a deep interest for solving distributed systems challenges and experience working with distributed systems.
• You have excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to skillfully communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You have solid leadership skills and can provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.

where you belong

Our team and the solutions of SAP Database & Analytics (SAP databases, data warehousing, planning & analytics) make a real impact on the world of business, helping the biggest companies rethink how they run. As the amount of data increases, SAP customers continue to benefit from more flexible solutions to manage their data assets.

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