SAP ABAP Developer

Description

Based at the San Jose Intelligence Hub, you will be a key technical contact for the continued growth of SAP applications that handle electronic invoicing worldwide.

You will help design new country implementations and changes to existing electronic invoicing solutions.

You will work with internal SAP and IT staff, external partners and stakeholders on enhancements to business-critical, quickly expanding solutions.

You will join the IT Global Business to Government (B2G) team, which manages electronic invoice requirements for governments worldwide and combines business leads with technical experts.

You will report to the Application Manager in Costa Rica. The team is spread across the Philippines, Germany, Costa Rica and Brazil.

The company operates in about 70 countries.

Responsibilities

• The list below is not exhaustive.
• Design, build, configure and fix the B2G SAP applications and modules.
• Take part in requirements sessions and write functional specifications.
• Help connect SAP with other enterprise systems.
• Find and fix problems in SAP applications.
• Work with cross-functional teams to turn business needs into technical solutions.
• Run unit tests and help with system testing.
• Keep technical specifications, user manuals and system configuration records up to date.
• Help turn process changes into application change requirements where needed.
• Give informed technical opinions in discussions with delivery teams and external software vendors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in IT, computer science or a related field.
• 4+ years of SAP ABAP development experience.
• At least 3 years of hands-on work with SAP SD and FI modules.
• Experience with SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA in functional and technical settings.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Build and maintain ABAP reports, module pools, dialog programs, interactive reports and ALV reports.
• Write clean, efficient, well-documented ABAP that follows coding standards and best practice.
• Convert procedural ABAP into object-oriented designs.
• Build and extend reusable function modules.
• Analyse performance with SQL Trace, the ABAP Debugger and similar tools.
• Debug complex errors, performance problems and data inconsistencies.
• Know SAP Data Dictionary objects (tables, views, data elements, domains, search helps, lock objects) and change custom ones while keeping data consistent.
• Use SAP Development Workbench transactions proficiently.
• Find and apply enhancement options such as user exits, BAdIs and the Enhancement Framework, while minimising changes to standard SAP code.
• Design and build RFCs for synchronous and asynchronous communication with external systems, considering security and performance.
• Build and consume ABAP proxies for SOAP web service and SAP PI/PO integrations.
• Understand WSDL, XML and enterprise service concepts.
• Design, build and extend IDoc types and segments, including inbound and outbound processing and error handling.
• Build ALV reports with function modules, OO ALV and SALV, and customise their layouts, functions and interactive features.
• Support unit, integration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Preferred: knowledge of ABAP Unit testing.
• Write clear, concise, complete technical documentation.
• Explain technical topics to non-technical stakeholders and work well with functional, business and technical teams.

Conditions

Full-time position.

Based at the San Jose Intelligence Hub.

Aimed at experienced professionals.

Job number R000156984.

The company is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.

Benefits

• Take ownership of specific projects and responsibilities from day 1.
• Ongoing mentoring, with formal training and day-to-day guidance from your manager.
• Work in a dynamic, supportive environment that promotes agility and work-life balance.
• Flexible scheduling: arrange your working hours around your personal needs.
• Support for work-life effectiveness and long-term well-being.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.