SAP ABAP Developer - Engineer E2

Nationwide Building Society; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded private medical insurance

Personal pension with employer topping

Annual performance related bonus

Training for career progression

Additional benefits through salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance worth 8x salary

Health and wellness access

Paid volunteering days

Job summary

A leading financial institution in the UK is seeking a seasoned SAP ABAP Developer to join their team in Swindon. You will design and develop SAP applications while providing technical leadership and mentoring your team. This role offers a hybrid working model, where you will spend at least two days per week in the office, fostering a collaborative and innovative atmosphere. You should have experience in ABAP development and a commitment to customer-first behaviors, making a meaningful impact within the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering SAP ABAP developments in complex environments.
• Strong ABAP development experience including Reports, Enhancements, and BAPIs.
• Skilled in developing Gateway OData Services and CDS Views.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain custom SAP applications.
• Provide technical leadership and consulting to stakeholders.
• Mentor and develop team members.

Skills

SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP)

ABAP OO

Gateway OData Services

CDS Views

S/4HANA architecture

REST APIs

Team leadership

RFCs

ALV Reports

Gateway OData

CDS Views

REST APIs

Lead small teams

Tools

ABAP Workbench

Job description

Nationwide Building Society provided pay range

This range is provided by Nationwide Building Society. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Direct message the job poster from Nationwide Building Society

As a SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Developer you would design, build and deploy SAP objects across multiple workstreams ensuring best practices are being followed. This will involve working with our partners and other areas of the business as appropriate. This is a great opportunity for a seasoned SAP Engineer to step up and work on a significant Programme and support building the SAP team from the ground up.

With over 80 application consumers of customer data across the Society we require an experienced SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) Developer to join our growing team of developers.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

During this job you’ll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you’ll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London or Swindon office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You will design, develop, and maintain custom SAP applications whilst provide technical expertise at stages of the delivery lifecycle, including providing technical leadership and consultancy to stakeholders. You will also be responsible for mentoring and developing your team to help build our development process and strategies.

We want you to nurture and value proactive habits and to develop contacts and relationships, so things are done faster and more efficiently.

About you

At minimum you will have:

• Proven experience delivering SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) developments in complex environments
• Strong SAP Advanced Business Application Programming (ABAP) development experience; experience with ABAP OO, ABAP Dictionary (DDIC), Reports, Enhancements, BADI, BAPI, RFCs, and ALV Reports
• Skilled in developing Gateway OData Services and CDS Views
• Experience working with and developing solutions that span both on-premise and cloud hosted technologies
• Solid understanding of S/4HANA architecture and modern integration patterns, specifically using REST APIs
• Proven ability to manage and lead small technical teams, comfortable with design discussions and technical decision making

Customer first behaviours

• Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
• Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
• Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
• Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• From January 2026, all colleagues will have access to fully funded private medical insurance
• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members—those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status‑quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology and Finance

Industries

Financial Services and Banking