SAP Commerce Cloud Backend Platform Engineer

Location: Valencia, VALENCIA, es

Company Description

We Elevate. Digitally.

SQLI, a European leader in customer experience and digital transformation, helps major international brands create value through technology and digital innovation. From strategy to the deployment of our clients technological assets, we design and build robust, high-performance architectures and engaging experiences by combining cutting-edge technologies, proven methodologies, and deep technical expertise.

To strengthen our teams (2,200 people across 12 countries), we are recruiting passionate individuals who share our values:
Creative Spirit, Commitment, Forward Thinking.

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced SAP Commerce Cloud Backend Platform Engineer to own and evolve the backend platform landscape of our SAP Commerce Cloud environment. This role combines deep SAP Commerce expertise with platform engineering, DevSecOps, cloud technologies, and modern integration practices to ensure a secure, scalable, reliable, and future-ready eCommerce platform.

The ideal candidate will have a strong engineering mindset, extensive hands-on experience with SAP Commerce Cloud, and a passion for automation, platform stability, performance optimization, and continuous improvement.

• Own the SAP Commerce Cloud platform lifecycle, including patching, upgrades, security notes implementation, dependency management, and authorization concepts.
• Drive platform-wide initiatives related to performance, scalability, resilience, caching strategies, clustering, and session management.
• Design, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments and efficient release management.
• Integrate and manage security tooling, including vulnerability scanning and compliance solutions such as JFrog Xray.
• Support production rollouts, platform operations, incident resolution, and continuous service improvements.
• Modernize backend integrations, including legacy RFC-based connections and APIs.
• Enable AI-related capabilities and integrations across the SAP Commerce ecosystem.
• Build reusable platform components, templates, and accelerators leveraging SAP Commerce Cloud, Cloud Foundry, and Azure Container Apps.
• Contribute to backend architecture standards, engineering best practices, technical guardrails, and reference architectures.
• Collaborate closely with developers, architects, security teams, and business stakeholders to ensure platform excellence.

Qualifications

SAP Commerce & Backend Engineering

• SAP Commerce & Backend Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP Commerce Cloud (Hybris).
• Solid Java development background, including Spring Framework / Spring Boot.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale eCommerce platforms.
• Strong understanding of backend architecture principles and distributed systems.

Platform Engineering & DevOps

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of modern DevOps and Platform Engineering practices.
• Experience with deployment automation and release management.
• Familiarity with Cloud Foundry and cloud-native architectures.

Security & Reliability

• Experience implementing security controls, security patches, and vulnerability management processes.
• Knowledge of authentication, authorization, and access management concepts.
• Experience with security scanning tools such as JFrog Xray or similar.

Performance & Scalability

• Strong understanding of:
  • Caching strategies
  • Session handling
  • Clustering
  • High availability
  • Scalability patterns
  • Application performance optimization

Integrations & Cloud Technologies

• Experience integrating enterprise applications and services.
• Knowledge of API-based integrations and legacy connectivity patterns.
• Exposure to Azure services, especially Azure Container Apps, is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled architectures and integration approaches is a plus.

Additional Information

What do we offer?.

• Permanent contract.
• Hybrid policy work. (1 day office)
• Competitive salary.
• Flexible Remuneration (Meal vouchers, kinder garden, Public Transport/Mobility)
• Private health insurance (including dental care).
• UDEMY Business member platform with a lot of on-line learnings (certifications, courses, etc).
• Individual yearly training and certification budget.
• Work Schedule Monday to Friday.
• Flexible work hours with shorter Fridays and summer schedule

Data protection notice

SQLI Group ensures that applicants' personal data is processed as required by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Ley de Protección de Datos 3/2018 of the Spanish Kingdom . Personal data is processed for the purpose of carrying out the hiring process and joining to our talent community. You can exercise your rights in terms of General Data Protection and digital guarantees through privacy@sqli.com