SAP iXp Intern - Engineering Process & Agile

We help the world run better At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What You’ll Build As an iXp Intern for SAP‑managed Integration Services, you will help our engineering organization improve how we plan, build, ship, and learn by supporting Agile/Scrum practices, implementing lightweight performance/operating cadences, and creating data-driven visibility into team health and delivery.

Position Title: SAP iXp Intern - Engineering Process & Agile Intern

Expected Start Date: April/May 2026

Duration: 6 months

Working Hours: Working Hours: 20-40 hours/week (preferably 40 hours/week)

Location: SAP Plano Office, TX (in-person)

In This Role You Will

• Agile/Scrum support

• Shadow and help facilitate standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Maintain sprint hygiene (backlog readiness, definition of ready/done checklists, sprint goals).
• Capture and follow up on action items; keep team boards and documentation up to date.

• Process improvement

• Map current development workflows from idea to production (requirements, design, coding, code review, testing, release).
• Identify bottlenecks using metrics (cycle time, lead time, WIP, handoffs) and propose small, testable improvements.
• Draft or refine SOPs/playbooks for core ceremonies, release steps, branching strategy, code review, and incident response.

• Developer productivity and metrics

• Build and maintain dashboards for delivery and quality (e.g., DORA metrics: deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR; sprint metrics: velocity, carryover).
• Partner with engineers to instrument data sources (Jira, Git, CI/CD) and ensure metrics are accurate and actionable.
• Document insights and recommendations in concise reports.

• High-performance team practices (enablement, not evaluation)

• Help roll out operating rhythms: OKR check-ins, sprint goals traceability, demo days, knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Prepare templates for 1:1s, feedback requests, peer recognition, and incident/postmortem reviews.
• Coordinate lightweight team health pulses (e.g., quarterly surveys), summarize themes, and track follow-up actions.

• Enablement and documentation

• Create onboarding guides and “how we work” pages (Confluence/Notion) for new hires and interns.
• Organize short training sessions or quick tips on using Jira/boards, writing better tickets, or running effective retros.

What You Bring

• Education: Min. Bachelor degree in in Computer Science, Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, or related field.
• Eligibility: Must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated (start date must be within 6 months of graduation date) from a coding academy/bootcamp, apprenticeship, associate, bachelor’s, master’s or JD/PhD program
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum concepts and basic software development lifecycle.
• Comfortable analyzing data in spreadsheets; ability to learn basic queries (SQL) or API use to pull metrics.
• Clear written and verbal communication; organized and detail-oriented; proactive and curious.
• Hands-on experience with Jira (or similar), Confluence/Notion, Git/GitHub/GitLab, CI tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins), and basic scripting (Python/JS).
• Exposure to DORA metrics, value stream mapping, or Lean principles.
• Experience facilitating student team projects or clubs.
• Excellent collaborative skills and the ability to work effectively with colleagues from various organisations.

• A passion for innovation, collaboration, and customer success, combined with the ability to navigate ambiguity and lead change in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluent English language skills.

Where you belong Be part of SAP Next Gen, a global community for students, universities, schools and educational partners, who are passionate about innovation and technology.

• Culture of Collaboration: Partner with experienced SAP colleagues and expert mentors who will support your growth. Grow professionally through personalized mentoring, coaching, and career development support.
• Project-driven Experience: Kickstart your career with hands-on learning experience, making an impact from day one by contributing to meaningful projects that help the world run better. You’ll have endless learning resources at your fingertips and gain future-ready skills from a variety of virtual, in-person, and hybrid learning sessions, cultivated just for you, and aligned with our learning approach.
• Gain Visibility: Build relationships with leaders and peers across teams and functions. Showcase your ideas, skills, and creativity in a global, fast-paced environment. Open doors for future career opportunities within SAP and beyond.

Meet your team – What do we do? The BTP Integration unit within SAP’s Business Technology Platform (BTP) is responsible for SAP’s strategic integration platform products and cloud services. This includes SAP Integration Suite—a market-leading enterprise integration platform-as-a-service (EIPaaS) used by over 14,000 customers. It supports integration across heterogeneous and hybrid enterprise landscapes, including A2A and B2B integrations, API Management, event-based integrations, and connectivity with non-SAP applications.

In addition to direct customers, our technology is embedded in SAP cloud applications, serving customers indirectly. Our major engineering and operations hubs are located in India, Germany, Sofia, and China. Product management teams are distributed across India, Germany, Canada, and the US.

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 world.

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Requisition ID: 447461 | Work Area: Solution and Product Management | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: