# Software Development Engineer - SAP ABAP Senior

**Company**: Ford
**Location**: Chennai, Tamil Nadu
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Automotive

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## Description

Ford is seeking a Software Development Engineer - SAP ABAP Senior to join their Enterprise Architecture – Foundational Products group. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and developing APIs to connect to SAP and non-SAP systems, enhancing SAP systems using BADI's, User exits, and Customer exits, and building RICEFW's (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms, and Workflows).

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop APIs to connect to SAP/Non-SAP using RFC, ALE/IDOCs, Output Programming using SAP Script, Smart forms, Adobe Forms.

- Integrate with Non-SAP systems using Web Services/Proxies/APIs.

- Experience designing and maintaining Core Data Services (CDS) views and AMDP classes.

- Enhance SAP system using BADI’s, User exits, Customer exits and enhancement framework options.

- Build RICEFW’s (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms, and Workflows).

- Experience with IDOC and API Integrations using OData API, SOAP API and IDOC as XML.

- Good understanding of XML, JSON, SOAP, API and REST Web services.

- Performance Tuning, problem solving skills and Debugging/Defect Management.

- Strong experience in ABAP programming and development of ODATA services (preferably OOPS based).

- Good experience in ABAP Syntax 7.4 and in BRF+ and in SAP upgrade projects.

- Deep understanding of core enhancement frameworks, with hands-on experience in BAdIs and S/4HANA In-App Extensibility (Key User Extensibility).

- Proficiency in designing and developing Adobe Forms and working with modern S/4HANA Output Control / Output Management frameworks.

- Strong experience configuring, developing, and extending S/4HANA Flexible Workflows.

- Perform full life cycle API management from build, mask, spike, publish and monetize APIs.

- Work with client stakeholders and vendor to design and configure API enhancements.

- Gather customer requirements and develop/test/deploy API solutions to provide interoperability with hundreds of upstream and downstream applications.

- Consult upstream and downstream application teams on consuming SAP APIs leveraging APIGEE gateway.

- Work with stakeholders and other Ford and vendor teams to ensure service availability.

- Consult with architects to ensure design compliant to architecture standards and principles.

- Connect and mashup multiple endpoints from heterogeneous landscape.

- Extend solutions for mobile, offline and integration.

- Reviews code developed by software engineers and provide feedback to ensure quality deliverable.

- Ensures technical inspections are performed at appropriate stages of development.

- Lead creation of production support documentation and provide production support for the objects developed.

- Thrive in a fast-paced working norm and manage multiple deliverables simultaneously.

- Collaborate with vendors, Ford IT and Business teams and meet the enterprise objectives.

Qualifications:

- 5+ years of experience with SAP ABAP programming in S4 HANA.

- Minimum 2 full SAP life cycle S/4 implementations experience.

- Experience with programming in ABAP 7.4 and above, RICEFW development, CDS Views, AMDP, DDIC, UI5/Fiori, ODATA, Java scripting.

- Problem-solving and debugging skills.

- Effective team player working with Onsite and Offshore teams.

- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as software development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Scrum, Iterative, Waterfall, etc.).

- Good functional knowledge on Finance and Purchasing (SD/FI/Ariba) modules.

- Effective team player working with Onsite and Offshore teams.

- Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as software development methodologies (e.g. Agile, Scrum, Iterative, Waterfall, etc.).

- Minimum 2 full SAP life cycle S/4 implementations experience, preferably in the Finance, Purchasing and Manufacturing modules.

- Exposure to RAP, SAP Cloud and BTP integration platform is preferred.

## Skills

### Required
- ABAP programming
- SAP ABAP
- RICEFW development
- CDS Views
- AMDP
- ODATA services
- Adobe Forms
- S/4HANA Output Control
- S/4HANA Flexible Workflows
- API management
- Web Services
- XML
- JSON
- SOAP
- REST Web services

### Nice to have
- RAP
- SAP Cloud
- BTP integration platform

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