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Senior Developer (f/m/d) - Supply Chain Planning Heuristic Team - SCM Optimization & Data Science

Date: 01/02/2026
Company: SAP

We help the world run better

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What you’ll do

We are looking for a ( Senior) Developer (f/m/d) for Supply Chain Planning Heuristic team within the SCM Optimization & Data Science unit.


Companies need a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to react to supply chain disruption and resilience. SAP Supply chain planning and optimization solutions take this need into account. With SAP's leadership, these intelligent planning solutions are being implemented in leading industrial companies worldwide, revolutionizing business processes to become more efficient, sustainable, resilient, and environmentally friendly.


As a (Senior) Developer (f/m/d) you will become a crucial team member who helps us to deliver future superior supply chain planning solutions. You will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the future of supply chain planning solutions, working towards autonomous supply chains that address the social, technical, and economic challenges of our time. You will work in our cross-located product team (Walldorf, Munich).


Key Responsibilities and Tasks:

- Be a vital and driving contributor to the full product development cycle.
- Support Product Management in the discovery phase by identifying requirements together with our internal and external customers and partners in industry.
- Support the Architect in creating high-level (architecture) concepts to solve customer problems in an effective and efficient way.
- Drive creation of implementation concepts based on (architecture) concepts.
- Design, implement & extend, test, maintain and document functionality.
- Use agile methodologies such as test-driven development and pair programming to ensure superior product quality.


What you bring

Required Experience and Skills

- University degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or comparable qualifications
- Background & passion for operations research (optimization & heuristics) and/or other artificial intelligence methods
- Background in supply chain management area
- Experience with SAP IBP,  SAP APO or other SCM Planning Tools is a plus
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in software engineering in modern cloud architecture and very good programming skills (preferably with C++)
- Very good quality, design, and delivery skills working under short development and continuous delivery conditions
- Have strong problem-solving abilities and capable of making data-driven decisions
- Motivation and result driven attitude with strong customer focus
- A creative, analytical and solution-oriented mind-set
- Excellent teamwork skills and ability to work in and cross-located product teams
- Very good verbal, communication skills with internal stakeholders, customers and partners
- Excellent team player who appreciates an open feedback culture
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills (German strongly preferred)


Meet the team

The SCM Optimization unit develops modern optimization solutions by using optimization and artificial intelligence methods that are used in all applications that industrial companies worldwide use to plan and optimize their business.

The planning procedures are characterized by high scalability concerning the volume to be planned (procedure efficiency), broad functionality and seamless integrations into the logistics and supply chain applications. The solution will natively exploit SAP’s state-of-the-art capabilities in SAP Cloud Platform deployed on Kubernetes.


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Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.


We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in theSAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.


Requisition ID: 425586  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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