Senior Developer/Development Expert (Go) - Open-Source Cloud Infrastructure | Sen. Developer/Development Expert (Go) (f/m/d) - Open-Source Cloud Infrastructure (IronCore) (T3+T4)

SAP

Walldorf, Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
Published Oct 10, 2025
Full-time
Permanent

Job Summary

This role is for a Senior Developer or Development Expert focused on building IronCore, SAP’s next-generation open-source cloud infrastructure utilizing Kubernetes. The core responsibility involves developing IronCore’s network-fabric automation using Go, designing Kubernetes-native operators to unify multi-vendor physical network fabrics behind a single abstraction layer. Day-to-day tasks include building robust CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), operating and optimizing cloud services, and collaborating with distributed teams using Agile methodologies. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years of experience in Go, deep knowledge of Linux systems, Kubernetes operators, and strong networking fundamentals (IPv4/IPv6, BGP). This position offers the opportunity to contribute extensively to open-source projects, driving faster, more reliable provisioning and self-healing operations across data centers.

Required Skills

Education

Not specified

Experience

  • 5+ years in Go programming
  • Professional experience designing and shipping production Kubernetes reconcilers (controller-runtime/Operator SDK)
  • Practical troubleshooting experience in networking
  • Professional experience integrating multi-vendor network APIs/SDKs
  • Professional experience with cloud-native delivery (CI/CD and IaC)

Languages

Not specified

Additional

  • Must be willing to share GitHub profile; Collaborative Open Source (OSS) mindset required; Full-time, permanent contract.