Senior Developer (m/f/d) - Baremetal Automation, SAP Cloud Infrastructure

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

Build enterprise cloud infrastructure that provides European data sovereignty and hyperscaler-grade capabilities. You'll work on SAP Cloud Infrastructure, solving complex distributed systems challenges at scale across baremetal lifecycle automation, server provisioning, hardware management, container orchestration, storage systems, and the APIs that connect them.

You'll develop solutions using Go, Python, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and hardware-management APIs. You will tackle challenges such as automating the provisioning and lifecycle of large server fleets, integrating heterogeneous hardware platforms, designing resilient control-plane services, and exposing reliable APIs for production infrastructure. Your work will power SAP's production systems and thousands of customer environments.

In your role as Development Expert, you'll provide technical leadership for engineering teams building baremetal automation capabilities within SAP Cloud Infrastructure. You'll guide architecture and implementation decisions, establish engineering practices that enable rapid and reliable delivery, and help teams solve complex infrastructure automation challenges while maintaining the quality and reliability expected from enterprise cloud services.

You'll collaborate across teams working with Go, Python, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and server hardware from leading vendors. Your expertise will shape scalable, operator-based automation that turns physical infrastructure into consistently managed cloud capacity.

What you'll bring

Expert Programming: Deep expertise in Go, Python, or C/C++, with a strong focus on baremetal automation, REST APIs, and hardware-management interfaces. Strong practical knowledge of Redfish protocol is required.

Server Hardware Expertise: Deep knowledge of server hardware from at least one of our preferred vendors: Lenovo, Dell, or HPE. Experience with server lifecycle management, firmware, out-of-band management, and automated provisioning is highly valued.

Kubernetes Operator Development: Strong experience developing operators and controllers for Kubernetes, including reconciliation patterns, custom resources, lifecycle management, observability, and reliable automation of infrastructure services.

Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Docker, with experience in microservices, event-driven architecture, and infrastructure automation concepts.

OpenBMC Knowledge (Benefit): Knowledge of OpenBMC and open server-management ecosystems is a plus.

Technical Curiosity: Strong interest in server platforms, hardware-management protocols, provisioning workflows, and infrastructure control planes, with the motivation to continuously deepen expertise in baremetal automation and cloud infrastructure.

Technical Leadership: 8+ years of software development experience with a proven track record of contributing to or leading architectural decisions across teams in complex, distributed environments.

Scale & Performance: Experience designing and operating systems that support large server fleets, highly available control planes, and resilient distributed architectures.

Security and Compliance: Solid understanding of security principles and compliance requirements, with experience incorporating regulatory and risk considerations into system and architectural design.

Cultural Adaptability: Experience working across cultures and languages, combined with strong communication skills for collaboration within diverse, distributed teams.

Soft Skills: Excellent presentation, communication, and problem-solving skills; a structured, accurate, and self-driven working style; high level of commitment and reliability; readiness to work in a constantly evolving environment; enthusiasm for collaborating in a multinational team.

Depending on project assignment, candidates may need to be eligible for security clearance under German law.

Where you belong

You'll join PlusOne Central Engineering, where innovation meets collaboration. Our culture values engineering excellence, continuous learning, and diverse perspectives. We embrace modern practices, support career growth, and maintain work-life balance while building enterprise-scale solutions that drive digital transformation.

We value the skills you bring and support you to build on them through our learning and development opportunities. These are the skills associated with this role: Agentic AI Day-to-Day Practice, Learning Agility, Application Security, AI Adoption Capability, Collaboration, Cloud Architecture, AI Output Quality Assurance, Complex Problem Solving, High Availability Engineering, Context Engineering, Creative Thinking, Observability, AI-Assisted Automation and Prototyping, Effective Communication, Troubleshooting (Problem Solving)

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.

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Requisition ID: 441368 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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