Senior SAP Developer

Position Summary:

The Senior SAP Developer designs, develops, tests, deploys, and supports custom SAP solutions on client development teams. They collaborate with clients and cross-functional teams to ensure successful deployments aligned with business requirements, serve as a recognized technical contributor on complex development work, and provide mentorship and guidance to associate-level and mid-level developers.

 

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Collaborates closely with stakeholders and technical teams to understand business requirements and translate them into effective technical strategies. 

• Designs and writes technical specifications based on business and project requirements. 

• Collaborates with business analysts, solution architects, and other developers to ensure successful development and implementation aligned with business requirements. 

• Develops custom SAP solutions across a wide spectrum of object types (RICEF) and technologies (ABAP, OO ABAP, BOPF, RF Framework, Fiori, PI/PO, HANA, CDS, AMDP, SAPUI5, OData). 

• Develops and implements business solutions, technical methodologies, frameworks, and best practices. 

• Writes clean, efficient, and reusable ABAP code, and enhances and optimizes existing ABAP code for improved efficiency. 

• Leads the design and development of complex interfaces and integrations, ensuring reliability and performance. 

• Leads reviews of code, TDDs, and FDDs, ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices and the quality of deliverables. 

• Performs testing and troubleshooting of SAP application issues, ensuring resolution and alignment with documented business processes and requirements. 

• Leads root cause analysis for complex or recurring defects, resolves issues escalated by lower-level developers, and coaches others on debugging techniques. 

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to address technical challenges during the project, focusing on seamless integration and ensuring optimal user experience and system functionality post-implementation. 

• Serves as a trusted advisor to the customer and provides expert guidance and mentorship to associate-level and mid-level technical team members, including technical skills workshops and stretch assignments, ensuring effective teamwork and knowledge transfer. 

• Is actively involved in end-to-end testing and go-live activities, such as transport sequencing, go-live support, and hypercare. 

• Owns key technical components and development workstreams, performing work independently without technical guidance. 

• Stays up to date on the latest SAP technologies and best practices. 

• Travels to client sites as needed to implement and support SAP solutions, up to 10% of the time. 

• Adheres to all certified processes as part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of quality and information security, which includes actively participating in quality assurance activities and ensuring the protection of sensitive information in accordance with our security policies. 

• Performs other related tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.

 

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, CS, IS, IT, or another technical field, or equivalent experience. 

• 5-7 years of SAP development experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or 7-10 years of SAP development experience without a Bachelor’s degree. 

• SAP Certification in ABAP or Fiori; if not certified, must obtain certification within 6 months of hire. 

• Advanced understanding of multiple SAP development tools and techniques (e.g., ABAP, OO ABAP, BOPF, Fiori, PI/PO, HANA, CDS Views, ChaRM) with the ability to independently design, develop, test, debug, and implement. 

• Strong technical expertise and experience with software development processes and procedures, including Agile/Scrum methodologies. 

• Self-starter and problem solver, capable of functioning in a dynamic, fast-paced, change-oriented environment.