Sr. SAP Engineer

We are looking for a senior SAP application engineer to design, build, and extend business applications on the SAP platform — developing on S/4HANA with modern ABAP, exposing services, and building Fiori user experiences that functional teams and end users depend on. This is a hands-on, senior development role: owning the technical design of SAP applications and extensions end to end, from the data model to the UI, and mentoring other engineers.

The defining shift for this seat in 2026 is Clean Core extensibility. Rather than modifying the SAP core, modern SAP engineering builds upgrade-safe extensions using the RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), CDS views, and officially released SAP APIs — on the ABAP Cloud model and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) — so the system stays clean and upgradable. A second shift is AI-assisted ABAP development, where generative tooling in the ABAP environment accelerates building clean-core-compliant applications and services, with the engineer accountable for verifying the output.

The value this person brings is well-architected, upgrade-safe SAP applications and extensions that close real business gaps without compromising core system integrity.

We are seeking a senior SAP engineer with genuine development depth who designs clean, maintainable solutions and defends sound extensibility choices. They collaborate closely with functional consultants to turn business requirements into technical designs, are disciplined about staying inside clean-core boundaries, and keep learning as the S/4HANA and BTP landscape evolves.

This is a senior IC profile that partners across SAP functional teams, architecture, integration, security, and QA. It suits someone open to a hybrid or remote-first engagement, and to mobilization to the Middle East, Europe, or North America depending on the client. The person we want delivers SAP applications that stay upgradable.

A strong candidate for this role has built and extended SAP applications on S/4HANA end to end — someone who has designed data models, developed business logic, exposed services, and delivered Fiori apps while keeping the core clean. They bring an openness to AI-assisted ABAP development and the discipline to verify generated code.

In practice, the responsibilities break down as follows:

• SAP application development: Design, code, test, and deliver SAP applications and extensions on S/4HANA using ABAP OO and the ABAP Cloud model; translate business and functional requirements into technical designs.
• Clean Core extensibility: Build upgrade-safe extensions with the RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), CDS views, and officially released SAP APIs / extension points — keeping custom code off the core and on SAP BTP where appropriate.
• Services & integration: Model data with CDS, expose and consume OData / Web APIs, and integrate SAP with surrounding systems reliably.
• Fiori / UI5 delivery: Build and enhance SAP Fiori / UI5 user experiences on top of the services developed.
• Quality & mentorship: Apply clean-code principles; author technical documentation and reusable patterns; run code reviews, unit and integration tests; mentor engineers.

We want to see an SAP engineer with real S/4HANA development depth who builds clean, upgrade-safe solutions and keeps integrations reliable, and who is comfortable using AI tooling and verifying it.

Core SAP engineering

• ABAP OO and the ABAP Cloud development model; development with ABAP development tools (Eclipse / ADT).
• RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP), Core Data Services (CDS), and OData / Web API service development.
• SAP Fiori / UI5 application development.
• S/4HANA (on-premise and/or Cloud) and Clean Core extensibility using released APIs; awareness of SAP BTP application development services.

Engineering performance (KPIs from research)

• Steers delivery quality, defect / escape rate, extension upgrade-safety (clean-core compliance), integration reliability, and test coverage — plus verification quality on AI-assisted code.

Modern Agentic AI / AIOps (niche areas we are seeking — depth explored at interview)

• AI-assisted ABAP development (generative capabilities in the ABAP environment) with disciplined verification.

This role is delivered through Solutions Chapter Group's Human Resources chapter (Chapter 12) as a Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) engagement, under our Technical Recruitment stream. Rather than a "post-and-pray" marketplace approach, we use a Curated Professional Recruitment model: candidate profiles are pre-vetted in our internal database, and when a required profile isn't already available, our dedicated Scout network conducts global headhunting to secure it. We screen and match candidates against each client's specific requirements, and placements may be remote or an on-site deployment with mobilization to the Middle East, Europe, or the United States.

From a recruitment-fit perspective, we screen for:

• Genuine S/4HANA development depth with clean-core discipline.
• Strong collaboration with functional consultants and architects.
• Quality focus, clear documentation, and effective mentorship.
• Pragmatic delivery and verification of AI-assisted code.
• Openness to the engagement model (remote or mobilized on-site) and readiness for cross-region deployment.

Areas to explore at interview *(topics only)*

• A clean-core extension you built on S/4HANA