SAP Technical Lead

Job Description

Databricks is looking for an SAP Technical Lead to own the technical architecture and delivery of its SAP platform.

The SAP Technical Lead will define the technical vision for a clean-core S/4HANA landscape, lead engineers, and architect the intelligent AI layer between SAP and the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.

Responsibilities

• Own the Technical Architecture: Define and own the end-to-end technical architecture for the S/4HANA landscape
• Lead the Extensibility Strategy: Define and own the extensibility strategy for SAP
• Drive Enterprise AI Integration: Drive a strong integration with ongoing Enterprise AI transformation within Databricks
• Design the Integration Fabric: Architect secure, resilient integration across SAP and non-SAP systems
• Unify SAP Data in the Lakehouse: Partner with data engineering on the technical patterns for landing SAP data in Databricks
• Set Engineering Standards: Establish CI/CD, automated testing, and transport/deployment pipelines for BTP artifacts
• Lead the Team: Mentor developers and architects, lead technical steering, and act as the connective tissue across the SAP ecosystem
• Be Accountable for Non-Functionals: Own performance, scalability, security, resilience, and cost across the landscape

Requirements

• 10+ years in SAP technical roles, with 3+ years as a technical lead or architect
• Proven track record delivering at least one full S/4HANA program (greenfield or conversion) plus BTP-based extension delivery
• Deep, hands-on command of clean-core principles
• Advanced experience across SAP BTP, ABAP Cloud, and the ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP)
• Hands-on experience or strong technical command of agentic automation, LLM orchestration, and evaluation
• Advanced experience with SAP Integration Suite, API management, event-driven architecture, and REST/OData
• Solid understanding of modern data platforms, SAP data extraction and modeling, pipelines, and semantic layers
• Working knowledge of SAP authorizations, SoD, SOX, and audit requirements
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical architecture, present tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders, mentor engineers, and make pragmatic decisions

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building custom applications or automation layers on modern data platforms (such as Databricks) that extend or sit alongside SAP
• A clear point of view on build-versus-adopt tradeoffs across the SAP AI and extension stack (BTP, AI Core, Joule) versus a Databricks-native approach
• Hands-on knowledge of SAP integration surfaces and their limitations
• Experience running Agile delivery with system integrators and managed service partners
• SAP certification in SAP BTP, S/4HANA, or a relevant technology area

Benefits

Databricks strives to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of its employees.