Development Architect

Job Summary SAP America, Inc. seeks a Development Architect at our Newtown Square, PA location responsible for a system's relationship to other systems and for a system's non‑functional properties. Responsibilities In charge of the component and dependency structure of a system or sub‑system. Analyze and discuss specifications and their mutual relationship in the light of strategic direction. Define, document, and align architecture to reconcile specifications and strategy with external boundary conditions (product standards, production constraints). Govern design and implementation activities to assure compliance with architectural constraints, patterns, and anti‑patterns. Manage projects, resources, or expertise ensuring business critical and innovative results. Build strategic partnerships with customers and partners. Lead projects of high risk/complexity and represent SAP to customers and partners, finding common ground for functional, team, and project cooperation. Assume accountability and responsibility for related actions, products, services, and processes, influencing business outcomes by representing the function internally and externally. Act as an expert in the field, ambassador, best‑practice creator, and knowledge broker. Stay updated on trends in the field and contribute to business strategy by driving innovation in respective topics. Education & Experience Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field + 7 years progressive post‑baccalaureate experience. Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field + 5 years progressive experience. Qualifications Five years of experience involving each of the following: Performing high‑level analysis of customer business processes and requirements to support project evaluations with proposed solutions. Defining and architecting the design for custom developed software solutions. Providing direction to development teams for custom solution realization and participating in coding, testing, documenting, and maintenance support activities. Conducting project quality management, including peer and quality reviews of specifications, design documents, and coding. ABAP development in specification, design, and execution. Travel Position requires up to 20% domestic travel to various unanticipated customer sites to perform requirements gathering and testing support. Compensation The annual base salary range for this position is $160,310 – $272,486. The targeted combined range for this position is $195,500 – $332,300, inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target. The actual amount offered will depend on education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, and other factors determined through the selection process. Equal Employment Opportunity Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements. #J-18808-Ljbffr SAP SE