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Summary
We are looking for a Senior Backend Golang Developer (3+ years of experience) to help build and evolve the core backend microservice behind our Inbox product in the SAP LeanIX portfolio – a solution that helps organizations automatically discover and manage their IT landscapes. You’ll work with modern cloud technologies, shape impactful features with Product & UX, and contribute to a secure, scalable system used by global enterprises.
You’ll join a team that is highly collaborative, challenge-driven and focused on building meaningful software. You’ll have real ownership, work on a service with enterprise scale impact, and operate in a modern microservice landscape (Go, Postgres, Kubernetes).
The Role
As a Senior Backend Developer you will take responsibility for designing, implementing and operating robust, secure, scalable backend services in Go. You will partner with Product and UX to understand user needs, translate them into architecture and APIs, deliver high quality code, and run the service in production. You will contribute to system architecture decisions, influence engineering practices, improve performance and security, and take features from concept to deployment.
If you enjoy taking on technical ownership, making meaningful design decisions, and working in a team that values craftsmanship, then this is the role for you.
What you bring
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Strong experience in backend development and API design
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Hands-on experience with Go or willingness to transition from another backend language
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Solid grasp of software design principles and clean coding practices
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Experience with scalable systems in production environments
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Familiarity with microservices and containerized deployments (e.g., Kubernetes)
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Ability to write secure, tested, and maintainable code
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Strong collaboration and communication skills in cross-functional teams
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Curiosity, initiative, and desire to continuously learn and improve
Meet your team
Team Spark is a team of product engineers working in a modern microservice environment, committed to solving hard problems, improving architercture, and delivering real value to customers. We care about craftsmanship, collaboration, and helping each other grow.
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: 439003 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid