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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 Will Build
Join our SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance team and work on the Risk Analysis platform—a sophisticated enterprise application enabling access risk management, compliance monitoring, and audit capabilities. This role blends traditional enterprise development with modern AI-assisted coding practices. You will:
SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) is a SaaS solution within SAP’s Governance, Risk & Compliance suite that helps organizations manage secure access to business applications and data across both cloud and on-premise environments. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and tightly integrated with SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS) and SAP Identity Provisioning (IDP), IAG delivers five key services: Access Analysis, Access Certification, Access Request, Privileged Access Management, and Role Design. You’ll be part of a global engineering team with colleagues in the Czech Republic, Germany, and the U.S.—and for this position, you’ll join our team in Palo Alto, CA, contributing to innovative solutions that safeguard enterprise systems worldwide.
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 128600 - 218600(USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.
AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.
Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.
Requisition ID: 442148 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations:
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 Will Build
Join our SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance team and work on the Risk Analysis platform—a sophisticated enterprise application enabling access risk management, compliance monitoring, and audit capabilities. This role blends traditional enterprise development with modern AI-assisted coding practices. You will:
- Develop and maintain Java REST APIs for risk analysis and compliance monitoring.
- Build SAPUI5/Fiori applications for dashboards, reporting, and data visualization.
- Design scalable microservices and implement multi-tenant SaaS architecture on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) using Cloud Foundry and SAP Kyma (Kubernetes).
- Utilize AI coding assistants (Cline, Copilot, etc.) for code generation, refactoring, and documentation.
- Manage CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and containerized environments.
- Ensure quality through unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
- Tech Stack Highlights: Java 17, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, OData, JAX-RS, SAPUI5/OpenUI5, SAP Fiori, SAP BTP, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, AI-assisted development tools.\
- Strong backend skills: Java (8 , ideally 17), Spring Boot, RESTful APIs.
- Frontend experience: JavaScript/ES6 , SAPUI5/OpenUI5 or similar frameworks.
- Cloud expertise: SAP BTP or other platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Database knowledge: SQL, PostgreSQL.
- Version control: Git proficiency.
- AI-assisted development experience: Familiarity with tools like Cline, Copilot, or similar; ability to validate and refine AI-generated code.
- Professional skills: Problem-solving, collaboration, clear communication, and attention to detail.
- Bonus Points For: Full-stack experience with SAP Fiori Elements and design guidelines.
- Multi-tenant SaaS architecture knowledge.GRC domain expertise (Governance, Risk, Compliance).
- DevOps and CI/CD pipeline experience.
SAP Cloud Identity Access Governance (IAG) is a SaaS solution within SAP’s Governance, Risk & Compliance suite that helps organizations manage secure access to business applications and data across both cloud and on-premise environments. Built on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and tightly integrated with SAP Identity Authentication Service (IAS) and SAP Identity Provisioning (IDP), IAG delivers five key services: Access Analysis, Access Certification, Access Request, Privileged Access Management, and Role Design. You’ll be part of a global engineering team with colleagues in the Czech Republic, Germany, and the U.S.—and for this position, you’ll join our team in Palo Alto, CA, contributing to innovative solutions that safeguard enterprise systems worldwide.
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.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 128600 - 218600(USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.
AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.
Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.
Requisition ID: 442148 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: