SAP iXp Intern - Database Interfaces Software Developer

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About the SAP Internship Experience Program

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAP’s global, strategic, paid internship program that provides university students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Three reasons to intern at SAP

1. Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors, make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
2. Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions, diverse subject matter experts, and project deliverables.
3. Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title, you’ll have a global network of SAP leaders, entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

What you’ll do

Position Title: SAP iXp Intern - Database Interfaces Software Developer
Location: Waterloo, ON
Internship Duration: 4 months starting January 2025

• Develop features for our Node.js driver
• Work on 1 or 2 major projects that will take most of the term
• Learn about database interfaces and standards
• Gain database programming skills
• Build a strong foundation in relational database concepts
• Be mentored by an experienced supervisor who wants to see you learn, grow, and succeed

What you bring

We're looking for people how are creative, hard-working, sharing and bring some fun to the office. Successful applicants will have a passion for delivering high quality products, a good eye for detail and an exceptional ability to learn.

Successful applicants will have an exceptional ability to learn and the motivation to excel in software design, implementation, and testing.

The following qualifications are required:

• Programming experience in an industry standard language such as Python, Java, C/C++, Javascript, or Go
• Enthusiastic about learning new programming languages and technologies
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Overall average of at least 80%
• Ability to work independently

The following are not required but would be valuable:

• Knowledge of SQL and relational database concepts
• Experience writing database applications
• Work experience at a software development company
• Software design experience
• Significant hobby programming

Meet your team

As a software developer, understanding database access is an essential skill. Almost every project you work on will involve accessing a database. Come join our Database Interfaces team and become an expert in database programming.

Our team is responsible for implementing all the programming interfaces for SAP HANA, our state of the art in-memory columnar database technology. We support many interfaces including: ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, Ruby and Python that make it easy for software developers to create their own ground-breaking big data and data analytics applications that harness the power of SAP HANA. We also create interfaces that allow SAP HANA to share data with other database products so customers can create hybrid database solutions.

On the Database Interfaces team, you will work under the mentorship of a senior developer to complete one or two major development projects, each of which will take a significant part of the term. Typical projects include making major functional improvements to an existing driver or driver improvements to ensure better testing, improved stability, or higher performance.

You will have tremendous day-to-day control of your project(s). You will contribute to all aspects of your project(s) including design, implementation, testing, and bug fixing and you will interact with other team members to ensure requirements like documentation and deployment are met. Over the term this broad responsibility will give you the chance to learn and practice many professional skills including time management, coding, testing, debugging, planning, communication, and interpersonal skills.

Join us. We look forward to helping you build your skills, and we can’t wait to see what you can achieve.

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 the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the hourly base salary rate range applicable for the posted role. The targeted range for this position is 18.00 - 36.00 CAD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidates will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. SAP offers limited benefits for employees hired into hourly or like roles subject to appliable plan/policy terms. A summary of benefits and eligibility requirements can be found by clicking this link: www.SAPNorthAmericaBenefits.com

Requisition ID: 405493 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid