Junior Software Developer Jobs in North Ridgeville, OH

Job Title: Junior SAP ABAP Developer
Location: 4 days a week onsite from one of these locations: (Akron, OH (preferred), Irvine, CA, Ogden, UT)
FTE / Direct Hire

Job Description:

Must-Haves

• 1-3 years of experience(client is specifically targeting junior talent)
• SAP ABAP development experience is mandatoryand non-negotiable
• Focus appears to be ABAP Forms Development

Target Candidate Profile

Ideal candidate: Early-career SAP developer looking for growth

Focus searches on:

• Recent SAP/ERP graduates and junior consultants
• Candidates coming from SAP support, SAP development, or SAP analyst backgrounds who have hands-on ABAP coding experience
• Candidates with 1-5 years experience (worth presenting if strong on ABAP)

Position Summary:

The Junior SAP ABAP Developer will design, develop, test, and support SAP ABAP solutions to meet business requirements across the SAP landscape. Delivering enhancements, integrations, reports, and forms to meet the business needs ensuring solutions align with development standards. They will also troubleshoot and resolve defects, collaborate with functional teams and business stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle, including support for testing, deployments, and continuous improvement.

Essential Functions:

• Leads directly, or co-leads, complex and/or global digital and IT project tasks delivering business results that meet deadlines; provide guidance to project resources within and across multiple teams as needed.
• Performs system analysis, interprets data to identify gaps in technology or processes and makes recommendations within the IT and/or business function.
• Assists in the development and implementation of new technologies/services including communication and reporting to key stakeholders on status and project closure.
• Communicates decisions & formalize recommendations impacting area of responsibility to manager and business partners and key stakeholders where appropriate.
• Point of contact assisting with most communications and project expectations with 3rd party IT and service vendors.
• Manages own priorities and provides direction, guidance and mentoring to team members.
• Delivers multiple solutions while managing conflicting priorities and resources.
• Conducts knowledge transfer and/or cross training with team members.
• Empowering and encouraging team members to provide feedback on ideas that deliver quality solutions Ability to travel as needed.
• Available to provide after-hours technical support as needed.
• Develop and enhance SAP Smart Forms, SAPscript, and/or Adobe Forms (ADS) based on functional specifications.
• Support form layout changes, branding updates, language variants, and output requirement. Create and maintain ABAP objects supporting forms and output (e.g., function modules, classes, includes, reports, interfaces).
• Develop ABAP solutions from functional requirements provided by functional consultants.
• Assist with configuration-related investigations alongside functional/technical consultants (e.g., output types, partner functions, device types).
• Produce technical documentation and support functional documentation as required.
• Support unit testing, defect fixing, and assist in UAT and deployment activities.

This position may be assigned (but is not limited to) one of the following key Digital and IT disciplines and/or services:

• Application Programming
• Software Support
• Database Administration
• PC Support
• LAN/WAN Support
• Help Desk
• Engineering Systems
• IT Security
• Business Systems (MSS, JDE, SAP or similar)

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in computer science, information systems, or related area (Or international equivalent)
• 4+ years related IT experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication and collaboration skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, relates well with all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated leadership aptitude, learning agility, and adaptability
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams and manage projects effectively
• 1 - 2 years of experience in SAP ABAP development
• Exposure to SAP Smart Forms and SAPscript form technologies with Adobe Forms desirable
• Understanding of SAP basics: development lifecycle, transports, debugging, and basic performance considerations
• Ability to read and interpret functional specs and translate them into technical solutions.
• Good communication skills and willingness to learn in a client-facing environment
• Potential international travel depending on project need