Expert AI & Cloud Development Architect - Office of the CTO
SAP · Palo Alto, CA
$198,000–$420,000from the description
Jul 3, 2026
Palo Alto, CA
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 12+ years · National · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
No specific work location is stated in the posting beyond 'US' (the hiring manager reports to the Head of Architecture, US). No city or metro could be determined; CBSA fields are left blank.
The title 'Expert Cloud Development Architect' maps most closely to a Principal-level framing in SAP's internal career ladder ('Expert' is SAP's top IC band), hence the level advertised in the title is Principal. However, the actual requirements — 12+ years total, 5+ years cloud-native architecture — are well within the Senior band on a standard market ladder, so seniority is assessed as Senior.
The compensation range ($198,000–$420,000 annualized) is explicitly stated to include base salary plus variable incentive target, per SAP's pay transparency disclosure.
All technologies listed under 'Core Technologies' appear in a stack/context section rather than a formal 'Required' qualifications block. Only the Minimum Qualifications section gates candidates, which requires production experience on a major cloud and Kubernetes — those two are marked required. All other named technologies are marked preferred as they appear in the stack narrative.
The alternative occupation code 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is noted as a runner-up because the 'Expert Cloud Development Architect' framing is heavily architecture-strategy-focused, though the day-to-day work described (designing, building, and governing cloud-native systems) aligns most closely with Software Developers (15-1252).
SAP technologies are listed as 'an added benefit' — explicitly optional.
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