Principal ABAP BTP Engineer

About the role

Moderna is seeking a highly skilled Senior SAP BTP Engineer to design, develop, and support scalable SAP solutions that enable critical business capabilities across the enterprise. This role is part of the Moderna SAP Digital team.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support SAP solutions across ABAP, SAP BTP, Fiori/UI5, RAP, CAP, and related extensibility frameworks.
• Contribute to clean-core and side-by-side extension strategies, and apply development standards, reusable patterns, and engineering best practices across the SAP landscape.
• Create and enhance SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 applications that deliver intuitive, scalable, and business-friendly user experiences.
• Partner closely with functional teams, enterprise architects, project teams, and business stakeholders to translate complex requirements into practical and sustainable technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex SAP S/4HANA and BTP issues, perform root cause analysis, and guide teams through timely and effective resolution.
• Support integration design and development across SAP and non-SAP platforms using APIs, middleware, and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Support testing, deployment readiness, and production transition activities for new and enhanced solutions.
• Share technical knowledge and provide guidance to team members across ABAP, BTP, Fiori/UI5, RAP, CAP, and emerging SAP development capabilities.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive technical documentation for custom development, integrations, architecture decisions, and support processes.
• Help build team resilience by identifying and enabling appropriate backup support coverage as needed.
• Support and extend SAP Joule and related SAP Business AI capabilities by helping design conversational use cases, integrating backend services and enterprise content, and enabling practical AI-driven scenarios with appropriate security, governance, and business context.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8+ years of SAP development experience, including deep expertise in ABAP and at least 3+ years of experience with SAP BTP development and extensibility.
• Strong hands-on experience across ABAP development, including RICEFW objects, object-oriented ABAP, enhancements, APIs, interfaces, workflows, forms, and debugging in SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Proven experience designing and developing SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 applications, including responsive and role-based user experiences.
• Deep knowledge of SAP BTP services and tools such as Business Application Studio, HANA Cloud, Integration Suite, Workflow, Event Mesh, RAP, CAP, and related extension models.
• Experience in applying clean-core principles, side-by-side extensibility, and modern SAP development best practices in solution design and implementation.
• Hands-on or strong working knowledge of SAP Business AI capabilities, including SAP Joule, Joule Studio, AI Core, AI Launchpad, Generative AI Hub, and related SAP BTP AI services, with the ability to evaluate and support enterprise AI use cases.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns across SAP and non-SAP platforms, including APIs, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical, functional, and business teams.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to technical delivery, reviewing solution designs, and supporting high-quality implementation outcomes in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in an FDA-regulated environment such as Pharma or Medical Device is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in an FDA-regulated environment such as Pharma or Medical Device is preferred.

Skills

• Strong hands-on experience across ABAP development, including RICEFW objects, object-oriented ABAP, enhancements, APIs, interfaces, workflows, forms, and debugging in SAP S/4HANA environments.
• Proven experience designing and developing SAP Fiori and SAPUI5 applications, including responsive and role-based user experiences.
• Deep knowledge of SAP BTP services and tools such as Business Application Studio, HANA Cloud, Integration Suite, Workflow, Event Mesh, RAP, CAP, and related extension models.
• Experience in applying clean-core principles, side-by-side extensibility, and modern SAP development best practices in solution design and implementation.
• Hands-on or strong working knowledge of SAP Business AI capabilities, including SAP Joule, Joule Studio, AI Core, AI Launchpad, Generative AI Hub, and related SAP BTP AI services, with the ability to evaluate and support enterprise AI use cases.
• Strong understanding of integration patterns across SAP and non-SAP platforms, including APIs, middleware, and event-driven architectures.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical, functional, and business teams.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to technical delivery, reviewing solution designs, and supporting high-quality implementation outcomes in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

At Moderna, we believe that when you feel your best, you can do your best work. That’s why our benefits and well-being resources are designed to support you—at work, at home, and everywhere in between. Competitive healthcare, plus voluntary benefit programs to support your unique needs. A holistic approach to well-being, with access to fitness, mindfulness, and mental health support. Family planning benefits, including fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support. Generous paid time off, including vacation, volunteer days, sabbatical, global recharge days, and a discretionary year-end shutdown. Savings and investments to help you plan for the future. Location-specific perks and extras.

Pay & Benefits

The salary range for this role is $142,500.00 - $256,500.00. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An individual’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, performance, and business or organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, other incentive compensation, or equity award, subject to company plan eligibility criteria and individual performance.

About Moderna

We believe in giving our people a platform to change medicine and an opportunity to change the world. By living our mission, values, and mindsets every day, our people are the driving force behind our scientific progress and our culture. Together, we are creating a culture of belonging and building an organization that cares deeply for our patients, our employees, the environment, and our communities. We are proud to have been recognized as a Science Magazine Top Biopharma Employer, a Fast Company Best Workplace for Innovators, and a Great Place to Work in the U.S.

Equal Opportunities

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, religious beliefs, national origin, ancestry or citizenship, ethnicity, disability, military or protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, marital or familial status, or any other personal characteristic protected under applicable law.

Export Control Notice

This position may involve access to technology or data that is subject to U.S. export control laws, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, employment is contingent upon the applicant’s ability to access export-controlled information in accordance with U.S. law. Due to the nature of the work and regulatory requirements, only individuals who qualify as U.S. persons (citizens, permanent residents, asylees, or refugees) are eligible for this position. For this role Moderna is unable to sponsor non-U.S. persons to apply for an export control license.