Principal ABAP BTP Engineer

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. As part of the Moderna SAP Digital team, this individual will contribute hands-on across SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), SAP Fiori/UI5, RAP, CAP, SAP Joule, and emerging SAP Business AI capabilities. This role is ideal for a strong senior engineer with deep ABAP expertise, solid cloud-native development experience, and the ability to support AI-enabled SAP solutions by connecting business processes, enterprise data, and modern extensibility patterns in partnership with architects, functional teams, integration teams, and business stakeholders.

Here’s What You’ll Do:

• 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.

• Design and develop advanced ABAP solutions including reports, interfaces, enhancements, APIs, workflows, BADIs, BAPIs, user exits, forms, and object-oriented components.

• Build and support modern applications on SAP Business Technology Platform using services such as Business Application Studio, HANA Cloud, Integration Suite, Workflow, Event Mesh, and related BTP capabilities.

• 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.

• Support project delivery, enhancements, and production support by contributing to solution reviews, effort estimation, code quality, and development governance.

• 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.

For Positions with regulatory relevance include following:

• Follow all relevant GXP regulations, guidelines, and company policies to ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements.

• Execute tasks precisely as defined in internal guiding documents including but not limited to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and work instructions.

• Follow good Documentation Practices and Data integrity requirements to ensure data, documentation, and records are completed and maintained for use by business and available to support audits or inspections.

• Complete training in assigned required learning plan according to the defined timing and the prescribed qualification cadence.

Here’s What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• 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.

• Understanding of prompt design, grounding enterprise content and data for AI scenarios, and core governance considerations such as security, authorization, privacy, and responsible use when enabling SAP AI solutions.

• 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.

Pay & 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

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

Since our founding in 2010, we have aspired to build the leading mRNA technology platform, the infrastructure to reimagine how medicines are created and delivered, and a world-class team. 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. 

If you want to make a difference and join a team that is changing the future of medicine, we invite you to visit modernatx.com/careers to learn more about our current opportunities. 

Our Working Model 

As we build our company, we have always believed an in-person culture is critical to our success. Moderna champions the significant benefits of in-office collaboration by embracing a 70/30 work model. This 70% in-office structure helps to foster a culture rich in innovation, teamwork, and direct mentorship. Join us in shaping a world where every interaction is an opportunity to learn, contribute, and make a meaningful impact. 

Moderna is a smoke-free, alcohol-free, and drug-free work environment. 

Equal Opportunities

Moderna is committed to equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to a person's race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, age, religion, 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.  Moderna is a place where everyone can grow. If you meet the Basic Qualifications for the role and you would be excited to contribute to our mission every day, please apply!

Moderna is an E-Verify Employer in the United States. We consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 

Accommodations

We’re focused on attracting, retaining, developing, and advancing our employees. By cultivating a workplace that values diverse experiences, backgrounds, and ideas, we create an environment where every employee can contribute their best. 

Moderna is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants with disabilities. Any applicant requiring an accommodation in connection with the hiring process and/or to perform the essential functions of the position for which the applicant has applied should contact the Accommodations team at [email protected]. 

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. #LI-CK1

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