Development Architect for SAP CTO (f/m/d)

TN Germany; Potsdam; Vor Ort; EUR 80.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

An established industry player is seeking a Development Architect to shape its future architecture strategy. This role involves driving innovation and ensuring solutions are scalable, intelligent, and secure. You will collaborate with global teams to design cloud-native and AI-integrated architectures, influencing product strategy and customer outcomes. Join a highly collaborative environment that values flexibility and personal development, where your contributions will help future-proof the technology landscape and enhance business applications for clients worldwide.

Leistungen

Flexible Work Hours

Health Insurance

Professional Development Opportunities

Collaborative Work Environment

Remote Work Options

Wellness Programs

Company Events

Employee Discounts

Performance Bonuses

Paid Time Off

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years of experience in software architecture with expertise in AI and cloud-native frameworks.
• Proven success designing large-scale distributed systems using modern cloud platforms.

Aufgaben

• Champion architectural excellence across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with SAP’s strategic direction.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of major architectural initiatives focusing on scalability and security.

Kenntnisse

Software Architecture

AI System Architecture

Cloud-Native Frameworks

Distributed Systems

Kubernetes

Microservices

Problem Solving

Technical Documentation

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

CloudFoundry

Kubernetes

Jobbeschreibung

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Development Architect for SAP CTO (f/m/d), Potsdam

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Client:

SAP

Location:

Potsdam, Germany

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

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Posted:

09.05.2025

Expiry Date:

23.06.2025

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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. 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.

As a Development Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping SAP’s future architecture strategy in alignment with our AI-first and Suite-first product direction. Reporting directly to the Head of Architecture, you will serve as a deep technical expert, driving innovation across SAP’s portfolio by designing and enabling next-generation, cloud-native, and AI-integrated architectures.

You will work in a global, cross-functional setup and engage with strategic architecture topics that influence platform evolution, product strategy, and customer outcomes. With your technical depth and hands-on attitude, you will help ensure our solutions are scalable, intelligent, secure, and future-ready.

YOUR FUTURE ROLE

• Champion architectural excellence across multiple teams, ensuring alignment with SAP’s AI-first and Suite-first strategic direction.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of major architectural initiatives - from ideation to implementation – focusing on scalability, performance, and security at every stage.
• Foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment by facilitating effective communication and alignment between stakeholders and technical teams.
• Proactively identify and evaluate architecture risks, deliver strategic recommendations and influence key management decisions.
• Work closely with executive leadership and product teams to define and drive architectural roadmaps that align with SAP’s broader business objectives.
• Future-proof SAP’s technology landscape by promoting the adoption of innovative approaches, integrating emerging trends such as AI, machine learning, cloud native solutions.
• Collaborate with global teams to ensure architecture decisions are adaptable, scalable and meet diverse business needs.
• Design and manage cloud- and AI system-architectures for complex customer solutions, ensuring technical strategies align with business requirements and deliver measurable value.
• Continuously enhance development processes, driving efficiency, scalability, and innovation across SAP's offerings.
  

YOUR PROFILE

• 8+ years of experience in software architecture with recognized expertise and thought leadership in one or more areas: AI system architecture, cloud-native frameworks, large-scale distributed systems.
• Advanced knowledge of software architecture and cloud infrastructures (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a strong focus on scalability and performance optimization
• Deep proficiency in container technologies, Kubernetes (including Gardener), microservices, and network technology
• Experience with SAP technologies, BTP, or enterprise integration landscapes or CloudFoundry.
• Proven success designing and implementing large-scale, distributed systems using modern cloud platforms and technologies like Kubernetes, containers, microservices, AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Strong expertise in quantum computing, distributed systems, data or AI/ML architecture, including experience with model training, deployment, MLOps, and AI service integration.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and executive stakeholders to align technical and business objectives.
• Exceptional analytical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities
• Extensive experience in writing technical documentation and providing technical leadership to teams
• Fluency in English, with strong communication skills to liaise with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to share and communicate ideas to executive staff, technical resources and other key constituents in clear, concise language.

ABOUT THE TEAM

The CTO area’s mission is to future proof our customers and SAP. We evolve SAP’s technology strategy and North Star architecture, explore the impact of emerging technologies on SAP’s portfolio and leverage the insights for build/buy/partner decisions. We accelerate innovation across SAP’s portfolio, collaborating with engineering teams in SAP, partners, and start-ups across the globe. With Business AI and Sustainability, we accelerate SAP’s long-term growth and market leadership.

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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.