Senior Applications Developer

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Senior SAP Application Developer to lead technical analysis, development, and unit testing for S/4HANA and related SAP technologies. The role involves ABAP development, UI and integration work, and collaboration with business analysts on end-to-end processes.

You will implement modern SAP methods (RAP, CDS Views, OData, Fiori) and manage enhancements, security, and documentation while coordinating with integration teams and upgrade efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Strong knowledge of ABAP development and API integrations with S/4 in FI/CO/MM/SD/HR domains.
• Experience with modern SAP technologies (RAP, CDS Views, OData, Fiori) and SAP BTP.

Responsibilities

• Design technical solutions with Business Analysts and stakeholders.
• Develop ABAP objects and extensions with clean core principles.
• Create and maintain technical documentation and ensure secure, testable code.
• Integrate S/4HANA with partner applications and iPaaS platforms.
• Collaborate on upgrades and ensure upgrade compatibility.

Skills

ABAP Development

API Integrations

RAP Model

Fiori

SAP BTP

UI Integration

Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Boomi

Mulesoft

Job 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 verbal and written communication skills, particularly for technical documentation, using MS Office and other platforms
• 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.
• SAP Certifications in Application Development and/or SAP BTP
• Familiarity with SAP Cloud Application Programming (CAP) Model, node.JS or Java

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

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.