SAP ABAP Solution Architect

OUR MISSION

At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes with industry leading products and platforms developed through an AI-Driven Software Development Life Cycle.

ABOUT US

Redwood Software is the leader in full stack automation fabric solutions for mission-critical business processes. With the first SaaS-based composable automation platform specifically built for ERP, we believe in the transformative power of automation and AI. Our unparalleled solutions empower you to orchestrate, manage and monitor your workflows across any application, service or server — in the cloud or on premises — with confidence and control, leveraging AI throughout the development process.

Redwood's global team of automation experts and customer success engineers provide solutions and world-class support designed to give you the freedom and time to imagine and define your future. Our collaborative and dynamic environment fosters creativity, continuous learning, and a passion for building exceptional products with an emphasis on AI-driven development practices. Get out of the weeds and see the forest, with Redwood Software.

CORE VALUES

One Team. One Redwood

Make Your Own Weather

Obsess over Customer Success

Work the Problem

Be Curious

Own the Outcome

Respect Each Other

YOUR IMPACT

As an SAP ABAP Solution Architect, you will be a senior technical leader in Redwood's Finance Automation product organization, working closely with the SAP Customizations team. Your primary mandate is to re-architect existing customer-specific ABAP customizations into reusable, configuration-driven (low-code/no-code) components that scale across the broader finance automation product suite — reducing our custom code footprint, improving upgrade safety, and accelerating customer onboarding.

You will analyze the ABAP customizations built for individual customers and finance processes, identify the common patterns behind them, and abstract those patterns into generic, metadata-driven frameworks. Working with product managers and engineering leads, you will define a scalable customization framework strategy for finance automation products such as invoice processing, reconciliation, close automation, and payment automation.

A key part of this role is setting the technical direction for the SAP Customizations team. You will lead technical design reviews, ensure new architecture aligns with S/4HANA best practices (Clean Core principles, side-by-side extensibility, and SAP BTP where applicable), and define the coding standards, reusable templates, and governance guardrails that prevent future one-off, non-generic builds.

Because generic components serve many customers at once, quality and documentation matter more than ever. You will work with engineering teams to define automated regression suites, and you will document architecture decisions, configuration guides, and migration paths from custom code to generic configuration.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on building generic product capability — not one-off client delivery. You will mentor ABAP developers and customization consultants as they adopt the new framework and low-code approach.

Your responsibilities will also include:

• Customization Analysis: Assess existing customer-specific ABAP customizations and identify common patterns that can be abstracted into generic, reusable frameworks.
• Low-Code/No-Code Architecture: Design configuration models (BRF+, custom Customizing tables, CDS-based parameterization, rules engines) that replace hard-coded logic.
• Legacy Refactoring: Refactor and re-platform legacy ABAP objects (reports, BAdIs, user-exits, enhancement spots) into standardized, metadata-driven solutions.
• Framework Strategy: Partner with product management and engineering leads to define a scalable customization framework for finance automation products.
• Architecture Governance: Lead technical design reviews aligned with S/4HANA Clean Core principles and side-by-side extensibility, and define coding standards, templates, and guardrails for the SAP Customizations team.
• Quality Automation: Collaborate with wider engineering to define automated regression suites for generic components that serve multiple customers.
• Documentation & Enablement: Document architecture decisions, configuration guides, and custom-to-configuration migration paths, and mentor ABAP developers and customization consultants on the new approach.

Success in your first 90–180 days:

• Deliver an architecture blueprint for converting at least one high-priority customization area into a generic, configurable component.
• Measurably reduce the number of customer-specific code branches against an agreed target.
• Establish reusable design patterns and templates adopted by the SAP Customizations team.

YOUR EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. You should have 12 to 18 years of overall experience, including 10+ years of hands-on SAP ABAP development, and at least 4 years in a Solution Architect or Technical Lead role designing reusable, generic SAP solutions rather than point customisations. Prior experience in a software product company, as opposed to a purely SI/implementation background, is highly desirable.

• Deep proficiency in ABAP, including OOP ABAP, BAdIs, user-exits, the enhancement framework, and CDS views.
• Strong understanding of SAP FI/CO or finance-adjacent processes (AP, AR, GL, Bank/Payment processing, Reconciliation); domain knowledge in finance automation is a strong plus.
• Experience with low-code/no-code enablement on SAP: BRF+, Customizing/config tables, Business Rules Framework, dynamic Fiori/UI5 configuration, or similar metadata-driven design patterns.
• Familiarity with S/4HANA Clean Core concepts and side-by-side extensibility via SAP BTP (ABAP Cloud, RAP – RESTful ABAP Programming Model).
• Proven experience refactoring legacy or monolithic custom code into modular, parameter-driven components.
• Experience defining coding standards, code reviews, and governance for ABAP development teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams at the same time.
• AI Tool Fluency: Demonstrated ability to use AI-powered developer tools (e.g., SAP Joule, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) in a production environment.

ESSENTIAL AI-SKILLS (THE NEW BAR)

• AI Tool Fluency: Demonstrated ability to proficiently use AI-powered developer tools (e.g., SAP Joule, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code) for ABAP analysis, refactoring, and documentation.
• Code Judgment: Proven track record of evaluating and overriding AI-generated suggestions that are technically correct but architecturally flawed, not Clean Core compliant, or weak on security and performance.
• Prompting Proficiency: Experience writing clear, contextual, and effective prompts for generative AI to analyze legacy custom code, generate tests, and produce configuration and migration documentation.
• Adaptability & Learning: High degree of curiosity and a proactive approach to learning new AI tools and techniques that continuously reshape the development workflow.
• Domain & Architectural Focus: The capacity to abstract away from low-level coding details to focus on high-value finance business logic and systemic architectural integrity.

NICE TO HAVE:

• Experience with RPA/workflow automation tools integrated with SAP.
• Exposure to Redwood's or similar finance process automation products (e.g., job scheduling, process orchestration for finance).
• Knowledge of API-based/OData integration patterns for exposing configuration to non-technical business users.

Successful candidates will also be expected to have:

• Ability to stay updated with the latest SAP, S/4HANA, and BTP developments.
• Creative thinking and the ability to propose innovative solutions that align with business objectives.
• Knowledge of security best practices and compliance standards relevant to financial systems.
• Ability to mentor and guide ABAP developers and customization consultants.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex SAP system issues and design scalable, upgrade-safe solutions.
• A product mindset focused on building generic capability that serves many customers.
• Participation in SAP community events, conferences, or publications as a speaker or contributor.

These qualifications equip an SAP ABAP Solution Architect to design and deliver scalable, configurable, and upgrade-safe finance automation solutions, while providing technical leadership and mentorship to the SAP Customizations team.

We believe that diverse teams build better products. At Redwood, we are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences can thrive.

WHY REDWOOD

• Lead one of Redwood's most strategic product lines with enterprise-wide business impact.
• Competitive salary and benefits, with room to innovate and make your mark.
• Opportunity to work on innovative and impactful products that are transforming industries.
• Generous paid time off, holidays and flexible work arrangements.
• Work with a highly skilled, passionate, and diverse team of engineers.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• One Redwood company culture.