Development Expert (C++)

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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. How? 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. 

 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

The SAP HANA Database and Analytics Core engine team is looking for a Development Expert to contribute to our Knowledge Graph Database System engine development. In this role, you will be designing, developing features, and maintaining our Knowledge Graph engine, which runs inside SAP HANA in-memory database. At SAP, all members of the engineering team, including management are hands-on and close to the code. If you think you can thrive in such an environment, and you have the necessary skills and experience please do not hesitate to apply.

 

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

As a Development Expert you will have the opportunity to:

• Lead the hands-on coding, design, and architecture that is best suited for our team size and performance targets.
• Collaborate in a team environment that extends to colleagues in remote locations and from various lines of businesses within the company.
• Ability to communicate and guide other teams to construct best possible queries for their needs.
• Assess new technology, tool, and infrastructure to keep up with the rapid pace of change.
• Embrace lean and agile software development principles.
• Debug, troubleshoot and communicate with customers about their issues with their data models, and queries.
• Continually enhance existing skills and seek new areas for personal development.

 

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent university education in computer science or engineering with 2-5 years of experience in developing enterprise class software.
• Experience in Development with modern C++.
• Knowledge of development of Database Internals like - Query Optimizer/Planner, Query Executor, System Management, Transaction Management, and/or Persistence.
• Knowledge of SQL, and Graph technologies like RDF/SPARQL.
• Knowledge of full SDLC and development of tests using Python or other tools.
• Experience designing and developing well-encapsulated, and object-oriented code.

 

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Solution-oriented and open minded.
• Manage collaboration with sister teams and partner resources in remote locations.
• High service and customer orientation
• Skilled in process optimization and drives for permanent change.
• Strong in analytical thinking/problem solving. 
• Interpersonal skills: team player, proactive networking, results and execution oriented, motivated to work in an international and intercultural environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation skills
• 8 years software development and working in a complex software environment.

 

 

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