Senior SAP ABAP Developer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 31, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026. Cognizant scores A on the Alion truth index.
About the role
As a Senior SAP ABAP Developer, you will make an impact by designing, developing, and modernizing SAP solutions using the latest SAP technologies and development frameworks.
You will be a valued member of the SAP Engineering team and work collaboratively with functional consultants, solution architects, integration teams, business stakeholders, and global delivery teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performing SAP applications.
In this role, you will:
- Design, develop, and maintain modern SAP applications using ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), ABAP Objects, and SAP development best practices.
- Develop and integrate OData services and SAP Fiori applications, ensuring seamless user experiences and efficient system integrations.
- Build extensions and integrations on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) while following clean core, extensibility, security, and scalability principles.
- Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions and participate in architecture discussions, code reviews, estimations, and technical design activities.
- Investigate and resolve complex application, integration, and performance issues while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and engineering excellence.
Work model
Hybrid
We believe hybrid work is the way forward as we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role's business requirements, this is a hybrid position requiring attendance at a Cognizant office in Buenos Aires, Argentina as needed. Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you're engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
- Extensive experience as a SAP ABAP Developer, preferably supporting SAP S/4HANA implementation, transformation, or modernization programs.
- Hands-on experience with ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), including business objects, behavior definitions, service definitions, and service bindings.
- Strong expertise in SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) and integration or extension scenarios.
- Proven experience developing OData services, REST APIs, SAP Fiori applications, and SAPUI5 solutions.
- Advanced knowledge of ABAP Objects, Core Data Services (CDS), enhancement frameworks, BAdIs, debugging, and performance optimization.
- Experience using Eclipse and ABAP Development Tools (ADT) as primary development environments.
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and spoken, with the ability to collaborate with global teams and stakeholders.
- Experience working through the full software development lifecycle, from analysis and design through deployment and support.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
These will help you stand out
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA Cloud (Public or Private Edition).
- Knowledge of ABAP Cloud, Embedded Steampunk, or SAP Cloud Application Programming Model (CAP).
- Experience with SAP Integration Suite, API Management, Event Mesh, or other SAP BTP services.
- Exposure to SAP Business Application Studio, Git, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Experience with automated testing tools including ABAP Unit, ATC, Code Inspector, and code quality frameworks.
- Knowledge of HANA data modeling, query optimization, and performance analysis.
- SAP certifications related to ABAP, SAP BTP, SAP Fiori, or SAP S/4HANA.
- Experience working within Agile or Scrum delivery environments.
- Proven ability to mentor junior developers and contribute to technical standards and best practices.
We're excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don't hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.