Development Expert (f/m/d) - SAP Leanix

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 do:

Join platform engineering at SAP LeanIX as Staff Backend Engineer. You'll architect, develop, and lead the integration with SAP services to establish secure, scalable identity and access management across our microservices ecosystem.

The role:

• Architect and drive integration with SAP Cloud Identity Services (Identity Management, Identity Provisioning, Authorization Management)
• Design and implement Identity Provisioning and lifecycle management via SCIM 2.0 APIs
• Drive adoption of SAP integration standards for authentication, authorization, and user provisioning
• Implement seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) using OpenID Connect and SAML 2.0
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams
• Drive architectural decisions for platform services at global scale
• Collaborate across teams to establish best practices and migration strategies

What is our stack?

• Kotlin/Java microservices with Spring Boot, Dropwizard
• PostgreSQL, Event Streams (Event Carried State Transfer)
• RESTful APIs, GraphQL
• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Instana
• Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes and Istio
• Modern CI/CD: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

What you bring:

• 8+ years of professional backend engineering experience
• Deep expertise in platform services (authentication, authorization, user provisioning, tenant management)
• Proven track record of technical leadership: mentoring engineers and driving technology initiatives in microservice architectures
• Strong proficiency with Java/Kotlin building and operating scalable backend services
• Expert knowledge of secure, standards-compliant identity and access management
• Production-focused mindset: observability, CI/CD, testing, reliability and performance optimization
• Clear, open communicator who collaborates well across product and engineering

 

Nice to have:

• Experience with SAP Cloud Identity Services or KeyCloak
• Hands-on experience with Identity Provisioning and SCIM standards
• Experience with authorization concepts and technologies in microservice architectures (e.g., OAuth2, OIDC, RBAC, ABAC, policy engines)

 

Additionally:

• Identify with and live our Engineering Values
• Deliver results as a team
• Encourage knowledge sharing
  
  

Meet your team:

You'll join Atlas — a cross-functional team of Front- and Back-End Engineers, an Engineering Manager, a Product Manager and UX Designer. Atlas owns foundational platform domains used across the LeanIX product (tenant & user lifecycle/management, authentication and authorization). Your work will shape the baseline for all product teams: designing secure, reliable, and scalable services that other teams depend on.

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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.  

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Requisition ID: 438348  | 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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