Sr SAP ABAP Developer

McCormick & Company; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

McCormick & Company seeks a Senior SAP ABAP Developer to design and deliver SAP solutions in ABAP environments. This role involves working as a technical lead, ensuring compliance with architecture standards, and mentoring junior developers. Candidates should have 8–10 years experience within the SAP ecosystem, with strong knowledge in SAP BTP ABAP development and SAP S/4HANA.

The position requires collaboration with business stakeholders and adherence to best practices and development guidelines in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in the SAP ecosystem.
• 8+ years in SAP BTP ABAP development.
• Proven ABAP solutions experience in complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver SAP solutions in ABAP environments.
• Act as a technical lead and mentor to juniors.
• Provide technical solutions for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP.

Skills

SAP ABAP development

SAP S/4HANA

RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP)

Cloud Application Programming Model (CAPM)

SAP Business Application Studio (BAS)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering

Tools

SAP BTP Workflow

Job description

Position Overview

The Senior SAP ABAP Developer is responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality SAP solutions across on-premise and SAP BTP ABAP environments. The role focuses on building scalable, efficient, and maintainable applications, leveraging advanced ABAP techniques and modern programming models. As a technical lead, the developer collaborates closely with functional consultants, architects, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust technical designs. They drive solution architecture, enforce development standards, conduct code reviews, and ensure performance optimization and clean-core principles are followed across implementations. The role includes developing advanced extensions using SAP BTP, RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), and cloud-native approaches, and mentoring junior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• First level contact for Business Analysts for inquiries regarding application or technical support and potential technical solutions.
• Analyze business requirements and functional specifications to determine effective technical solutions across multiple entities.
• Provide technical solutions and governance for SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP ABAP solutions, ensuring compliance with architecture standards, development guidelines, and best practices.
• Design complex solutions across multiple functions, business units, technical tools, and systems.
• Design, code, test, and implement new application programs or modify existing programs.
• Consider trade-offs between performance, scalability, reliability, availability, maintainability, manageability, and business requirements.
• Provide post-implementation application support and regular system maintenance, including evening, weekend, and on-call support.
• Support new project initiatives as a Senior Developer, designing and building SAP S/4HANA and SAP BTP ABAP objects to meet business and technical requirements.
• Act as a senior technical authority, providing hands-on guidance, problem resolution, and design support for complex development and integration scenarios.
• May function as Team and/or Project lead responsible for completion of project phases.
• Recommend and promote platform and industry best practices, including cloud-ready development approaches and clean-core principles.

Required Qualifications

Level of Education and Discipline: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• SAP Backend Developer – ABAP Cloud
• SAP Backend Developer – Cloud Application Programming Model
• Any SAP Development Cloud related certification

Experience

• 8–10 years of experience working in the SAP ecosystem.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in SAP BTP ABAP development.
• Proven experience delivering and governing SAP ABAP solutions in large, complex enterprise environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise in SAP S/4HANA ABAP development, SAP BTP ABAP Environment, SAP Business Application Studio (BAS), RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), Cloud Application Programming Model (CAPM), SAP Build, and SAP BTP Workflow.
• Demonstrated understanding of modern programming paradigms and cloud-based extension models.
• Strong business and functional acumen, enabling translation of enterprise requirements into scalable, sustainable technical solutions.

Interpersonal Skills

Ability to develop effective working relationships, demonstrate organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, mentor within the team and across the organization, and interact professionally with peers, managers, and directors.

Other Skills and HPO Competencies

• Values all People: Encourages collaboration, knowledge sharing, and trust.
• Strategic Thinking: Balances BAU stability with project innovation and long-term platform goals.
• Influence: Drives adherence to standards and best practices.
• Personal & Team Leadership: Takes ownership and supports team capability growth.
• Attracting & Developing Talent: Enables skill development through coaching and hands-on collaboration.
• Innovation: Applies modern development models and tools where appropriate.
• Business Savvy & Acumen: Understands enterprise priorities, risk, and operational impact.

McCormick & Company is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

As a general policy, McCormick does not offer employment visa sponsorships upon hire or in the future.