Senior Applications Developer

Position Description

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.

Primary Duties

• 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. 

Minimum Qualifications

• 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

Occasional off-hour/on-call support is necessary. A certain degree of flexibility of schedule is required as some work (planned/unplanned) must be done outside of major production hours during pre-scheduled maintenance windows.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

THIS POSITION IS REMOTE; HOWEVER, CANDIDATES MUST RESIDE WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE LAB AND BE AVAILABLE TO WORK ON-SITE AS NEEDED.

Hiring Range: $114,600 - $151,900

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including—but not limited to—the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate’s experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include: 

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• MIT-funded pension
• Matching 401K
• Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
• Mentorship programs
• A range of work-life balance options
• ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks .

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information; U.S. citizenship is required.

Requisition ID: 43265