SAP Senior Developer

Overview

Thales is seeking an experienced SAP Senior Developer to join its technical delivery team and take end-to-end ownership of SAP development activities, including ABAP RICEFW development and OData services supporting the Avionics Global Services business lines.

What you'll do

• Design, develop and maintain SAP solutions across implementation, enhancement, migration, upgrade, integration, maintenance and production support activities.
• Own end-to-end ABAP RICEFW development, including Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements, Forms and Workflows.
• Design, implement and support OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP to enable seamless integration with SAP UI5/Fiori applications and third-party systems.
• Collaborate with SAP UI5/Fiori developers to ensure effective backend integration, service consumption and resolution of technical issues.
• Produce technical designs and specifications that meet business requirements and comply with SAP architecture, development, security and quality standards.
• Perform complex ABAP development, debugging, code reviews and performance tuning to ensure the reliability, efficiency and maintainability of solutions.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to project team members, acting as a subject matter expert for complex SAP development and integration challenges.
• Work closely with SAP functional owners and cross-functional technical teams to translate business requirements into effective technical solutions.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by reviewing existing code, identifying optimization opportunities and promoting development best practices.
• Support testing, deployment, transport management, cutover, hypercare and ongoing production support.
• Contribute to SAP S/4HANA transformation initiatives and the adoption of modern SAP development and extension approaches where applicable.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field.
• 6–9 years of experience working in SAP environments, with strong hands-on expertise in SAP ABAP development.
• Extensive experience in ABAP Objects, RICEFW development, debugging, technical design and performance optimization.
• Strong experience designing, developing and troubleshooting OData services using SAP Gateway and ABAP, including data modelling, CRUD operations and service implementation.
• Experience integrating SAP backend services with SAP UI5/Fiori applications and third-party systems.
• Good understanding of SAP UI5 concepts, including MVC architecture, data binding, OData consumption and frontend-backend communication.
• Strong knowledge of ABAP coding standards, technical specifications, code reviews, development quality and performance best practices.
• Good understanding of SAP technical architecture, transport management, testing, deployment and production support processes.
• Basic functional knowledge of SAP modules such as SD, MM and CS, including familiarity with relevant business processes and important SAP tables.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively with functional teams, technical stakeholders, senior management and external partners.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality solutions in a dynamic project environment.

Nice to have

• A master's degree.
• Knowledge of SAP S/4HANA architecture and experience contributing to implementation, migration, upgrade or rollout projects.
• Familiarity with the SAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), including CDS views, behaviour definitions and service exposure.
• Awareness of SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), cloud-based SAP solutions and modern extension approaches.
• Understanding of enterprise integration patterns and best practices for secure, scalable and maintainable SAP services.
• Knowledge of Thales business processes and the avionics or industrial services environment.
• Experience supporting the full software development lifecycle, from technical design and development through testing, deployment and operational support.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.