Senior Applications Developer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory•Lexington, MA

2d•$114,600 - $151,900•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior SAP Application Developer will be responsible for technical analysis, development and unit testing of applications, extensions and integrations for S/4HANA (currently 2023 on-premise edition), SRM and to a limited extent, BW/4HANA. Although primarily responsible for the implementation of application code, they will collaborate with business analysts on the solution design of end-to-end processes enabled by SAP applications. They will maintain code version management and adhere to Clean Core standards and best practices for SAP development and technical documentation.

Requirements

6+ years of experience as a developer; 3+ years in an SAP development environment
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience
Skill in problem identification and solving system/application issues
Proven experience in SAP ABAP development and API integrations with S/4 in at least one of the following domains: FI, CO, MM, SD, or HR; optionally SAP SRM, SAP BW/4 HANA
Working knowledge of SAP clean core principles and modern SAP development methods (BTP, RAP, side-by-side extension, etc.)
Experience with at least one iPaaS platform: SAP BTP, Boomi, Mulesoft, etc
Excellent customer service skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, particularly for technical documentation, using MS Office and other platforms
Excellent collaboration skills
Understanding of SDLC principles (Waterfall and Agile) and using Jira or similar tools to manage requirements and track work

Nice To Haves

Solution Architecture skills and experience
Experience implementing AI agents, MCP servers, orchestration in S/4 HANA environment or with data/transactions from an S/4HANA environment.
UI Development skills (SAP Fiori)
SAP Certifications in Application Development and/or SAP BTP
Familiarity with SAP Cloud Application Programming (CAP) Model, node.JS or Java

Responsibilities

Technical Solution Design: Utilize functional and technical specification templates to manage project scope and overview. Work with Business Analysts to determine preferred technical solutions including UI and application integrations
SAP Business Workflow: Maintenance of traditional SAP workflow processes and development of new workflows using modern methods
ABAP Core: Develop traditional RICEFW objects using knowledge of ABAP Object-Oriented programming, Data Dictionary (DDIC) and modularization techniques
Modern SAP: SAP Restful Application Programming (RAP) Model, CDS Views and OData services, Fiori.
Enhancements: Enhancements using side-by-side extensibility, Clean Core principles as well as traditional User Exits, Customer Enhancements, Business Add-In’s (BADI’s)
Application Integration: Integrate S/4 and partner applications using BTP Integration Suite and/or third party iPaaS (Boomi preferred); Expose S/4 data and transactions to conversational AI interfaces and agents; File-based/Idoc/FTP knowledge would be valued as well.
Security and Authorizations: Collaborate with SAP authorization team to define security roles as needed, ensuring that all code includes execution-level security and in-line authorization checks as needed.
Documentation: Create and maintain technical documentation for knowledge transfer and future reference.
Debugging, Testing and Troubleshooting: Effectively use ABAP Test Cockpit, Code Inspector, strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
Collaboration and Proactive Learning: Collaborate with other SAP developers, business analysts, integration platform owners. Keep skills current through self-motivation (training budget is available).
Upgrades: Review code for upgrade compatibility and mitigate incompatibilities/simplifications during SAP application upgrade process.