Development Expert (f/m/d)

We're building Europe's sovereign cloud infrastructure through open source at SAP, with a focus on network automation. You'll contribute to the ApeiroRA Reference Architecture within the EU's IPCEI-CIS initiative, developing Kubernetes operators and controllers that automate network provisioning and orchestration across European cloud providers.

Requirements

• Expert Programming: Deep expertise in Go, Rust, Python with focus on distributed systems and cloud-native architecture
• Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of OpenStack, Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Azure, GCP with experience in microservices and event-driven architecture, along with infrastructure automation concepts
• Technical Curiosity: Interest in networking (protocols, configuration management, APIs) or experience with network devices, with willingness to deepen expertise
• Technical Leadership: 8+ years of software development with proven track record of leading architectural decisions across multiple teams
• Open Source Impact: Significant contributions to widely-adopted projects, preferably as maintainer in CNCF or Linux Foundation ecosystems
• Scale & Performance: Experience building systems that handle massive traffic, multi-region deployments, and complex distributed consensus patterns
• Innovation Drive: Demonstrated ability to pioneer solutions for vendor lock-in elimination and advance European cloud sovereignty initiatives
• Security and Compliance: Awareness of industry standards related to security and compliance and experience integrating regulatory requirements into architectural patterns
• Cultural Adaptability: Experience working across cultures and languages with strong communication skills for diverse, distributed teams
• Soft skills: Excellent presentation, communication and problem-solving skills, have a thorough way of working with accuracy, take proactive initiatives, self-dependent and structured mode of working, high level of commitment and reliability, ready to work in a constantly changing, floating environment, fun working in a multinational team

Benefits

• Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed