Lead Engineer – SAP ABAP & Solution Architecture

Who We Are

At Maersk, we are modernising our SAP landscape to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and intelligent business solutions. As part of this transformation, we are strengthening our SAP engineering capabilities across S/4HANA, ABAP, SAP BTP, integrations, cloud technologies, and AI-enabled development.

We are looking for an experienced Lead Engineer – SAP ABAP & Solution Architecture who can combine deep SAP technical expertise with strong architecture and engineering leadership to help shape our future SAP ecosystem.

The Position

As a Lead Engineer – SAP ABAP & Solution Architecture, you will provide technical leadership across SAP application development and solution architecture.

You will design scalable SAP solutions, guide ABAP engineering standards, support S/4HANA transformation, and work closely with functional, integration, platform, security, and product teams.

The role requires a strong hands-on understanding of ABAP/ABAP OO, S/4HANA, CDS Views, OData, APIs, integrations, SAP BTP, Fiori and modern SAP development practices.

You will also help drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering, automation, clean-core principles, and modern development practices across the SAP landscape.

Key Responsibilities

SAP Architecture & Solution Design

• Lead technical architecture and solution design across SAP applications and integrations.
• Translate business and functional requirements into scalable SAP technical solutions.
• Define architecture standards and technical design principles for S/4HANA and associated SAP platforms.
• Drive clean-core principles, reducing unnecessary customisation and promoting extensions using appropriate SAP technologies.
• Review solution designs and ensure alignment with enterprise architecture, security, performance and integration standards.
• Provide technical direction for complex SAP transformation and modernisation initiatives.

SAP ABAP Engineering

• Lead development and engineering across ABAP, ABAP Objects, CDS Views, AMDP, RFC/BAPI, IDoc, OData and APIs.
• Drive high-quality development standards covering performance, scalability, maintainability, security and reusability.
• Guide technical design, code reviews, troubleshooting and performance optimisation.
• Support custom-code remediation and modernisation as part of ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation.
• Promote reusable frameworks, engineering standards and development best practices.
• Provide guidance on enhancements, interfaces, conversions, workflows, forms and application extensions.

AI-Enabled SAP Engineering

• Drive adoption of AI and Generative AI capabilities within the SAP engineering lifecycle.
• Explore the use of tools such as GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot and enterprise AI platforms to improve developer productivity.
• Identify opportunities for AI-assisted code development, documentation, testing, troubleshooting and technical analysis.
• Ensure AI technologies are adopted responsibly and in accordance with enterprise security and governance requirements.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to SAP engineers and developers.
• Establish architecture, development and code-quality standards.
• Conduct architecture reviews, technical design reviews and engineering governance.
• Collaborate closely with SAP Functional, Basis, Integration, Security, Cloud, Data and Product teams.
• Engage with business and technology stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical technical solutions.
• Support major SAP transformation programmes and influence technology decisions across the SAP landscape.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Deep technical experience in SAP ABAP and SAP solution architecture.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of ABAP Objects, CDS Views, OData, APIs and modern S/4HANA development approaches.
• Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA architecture and transformation.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale solutions across multiple SAP modules and integrated systems.
• Understanding of SAP BTP, Fiori and modern SAP extension approaches.
• Experience with SAP integration patterns and technologies.
• Strong understanding of clean-core architecture and reducing unnecessary SAP customisation.
• Experience with CI/CD, automation and modern engineering practices.
• Exposure to AI/Generative AI-enabled software engineering practices is desirable.
• Strong technical leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear recommendations for technical and business stakeholders.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or a related field.
• 12–18 years of SAP technical experience, with substantial experience in ABAP engineering and SAP technical/solution architecture.
• Expert-level knowledge of SAP ABAP, ABAP Objects and S/4HANA development.
• Strong experience with CDS Views, OData, APIs, RFC/BAPI, IDocs and SAP integration patterns.
• Experience with modern SAP development technologies such as RAP, Fiori and SAP BTP.
• Demonstrated experience designing solutions for large-scale SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA environments.
• Strong experience with ECC-to-S/4HANA transformation, custom-code remediation and application modernisation.
• Understanding of SAP security, authorisation, performance and development governance.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD and automated deployment/testing practices is desirable.
• Experience integrating SAP with cloud, SaaS and enterprise applications.
• Exposure to AI/Generative AI tools for software engineering is an advantage.
• Strong problem-solving, architecture, communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience leading technical teams and influencing architecture decisions across complex enterprise environments.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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