(Senior) Developer (f/m) for SAP HANA Database Hardware Optimization
Date: Jul 20, 2026
Location: Walldorf, Germany
Company: automation-1
Ref-Code: DE-60402423-EN-15-001
Work area: Software - Design and Development
Expected travel: 0% - 10%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.The SAP HANA Database is the basis for new, ground-breaking SAP applications and is widely agreed to be a highly valuable asset in the SAP software portfolio. One key principle is to make continuously use of cutting edge hardware features. The mission of the SAP HANA Hardware team is to discover, analyze and evaluate brand new hardware trends and check for the feasibility to be used by SAP HANA. The team works closely together with world's leading hardware vendors to co-innovate for upcoming hardware trends, which includes getting hands on alpha and beta versions.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
As a (Senior) Developer in the SAP HANA Database team you will be working with a group of exceptionally talented and motivated colleagues. You will need to:
- Analyze the performance and scalability of SAP HANA on various hardware and virtualization platforms
- Guide SAP HANA development on the basis of feedback from SAP HANA hardware partners and customers
- Develop, improve and extend SAP HANA tools to analyze & validate hardware and virtualization platforms Your tasks will also include close cooperation with:
- SAP HANA development team, enabling core developers to make use of cutting edge hardware features
- SAP HANA hardware partners
- SAP HANA product management
- SAP HANA quality team
WORK EXPERIENCE
We are looking for candidates who are committed to a technology career path. Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter and tabular CV, copies of the obtained degrees and references (if available).
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
We require that you meet the core competencies and skills listed below:
- Very good analytical skills
- Familiarity with technical root cause analysis, debugging and analyzing complex problems
- Experience with programming (e.g. Python, Shell-Scripting)
- Advanced skills & experience with Linux/Unix
- Good knowledge of hardware architecture (CPU, memory/especially NUMA, network, storage)
- Good knowledge of virtualization (XEN, KVM, VmWare, LPAR, Linux Container)
- Basic knowledge of database architecture
- Ability to work well in close teamwork in a distributed team over several international locations
- Good German and English language skills, both spoken and written Preferred skills:
- C++ programming skills
- Familiarity with profiling tools like Intel vTune
- Knowledge of scalable software architecture & distribution strategies for data/tasks
- Knowledge of cluster file systems (GPFS, OCFS)
Work area: Software - Design and Development
Expected travel: 0% - 10%
Career status:
Employment type: Regular Full Time
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action with maximum impact.The SAP HANA Database is the basis for new, ground-breaking SAP applications and is widely agreed to be a highly valuable asset in the SAP software portfolio. One key principle is to make continuously use of cutting edge hardware features. The mission of the SAP HANA Hardware team is to discover, analyze and evaluate brand new hardware trends and check for the feasibility to be used by SAP HANA. The team works closely together with world's leading hardware vendors to co-innovate for upcoming hardware trends, which includes getting hands on alpha and beta versions.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
As a (Senior) Developer in the SAP HANA Database team you will be working with a group of exceptionally talented and motivated colleagues. You will need to:
- Analyze the performance and scalability of SAP HANA on various hardware and virtualization platforms
- Guide SAP HANA development on the basis of feedback from SAP HANA hardware partners and customers
- Develop, improve and extend SAP HANA tools to analyze & validate hardware and virtualization platforms Your tasks will also include close cooperation with:
- SAP HANA development team, enabling core developers to make use of cutting edge hardware features
- SAP HANA hardware partners
- SAP HANA product management
- SAP HANA quality team
WORK EXPERIENCE
We are looking for candidates who are committed to a technology career path. Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter and tabular CV, copies of the obtained degrees and references (if available).
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
We require that you meet the core competencies and skills listed below:
- Very good analytical skills
- Familiarity with technical root cause analysis, debugging and analyzing complex problems
- Experience with programming (e.g. Python, Shell-Scripting)
- Advanced skills & experience with Linux/Unix
- Good knowledge of hardware architecture (CPU, memory/especially NUMA, network, storage)
- Good knowledge of virtualization (XEN, KVM, VmWare, LPAR, Linux Container)
- Basic knowledge of database architecture
- Ability to work well in close teamwork in a distributed team over several international locations
- Good German and English language skills, both spoken and written Preferred skills:
- C++ programming skills
- Familiarity with profiling tools like Intel vTune
- Knowledge of scalable software architecture & distribution strategies for data/tasks
- Knowledge of cluster file systems (GPFS, OCFS)