Tessera Labs is hiring an ABAP Programmer - SAP

Tessera Labs is seeking an experienced ABAP Programmer to analyze, remediate, and modernize complex SAP custom code landscapes using its AI-native platform. This role combines deep ABAP development expertise with systems engineering and AI-driven automation to safely transform SAP environments across application, data, and integration layers.

What You'll Do

• Perform deep analysis of legacy ABAP programs, includes, enhancements, and custom frameworks.
• Identify and resolve S/4HANA incompatibilities, deprecated objects, and obsolete logic.
• Execute and interpret ATC checks, S/4 readiness assessments, and remediation findings.
• Refactor custom developments to align with HANA-optimized SQL and simplified data models.
• Investigate runtime errors, short dumps, update failures, and Gateway inconsistencies.
• Redesign WRICEF components to reduce complexity and improve maintainability.
• Strengthen performance through trace analysis, indexing strategies, and CDS-based redesign.
• Ensure extensibility patterns follow clean-core and upgrade-safe principles.
• Prepare ECC systems for S/4HANA conversion through structured custom code adaptation.
• Re-architect legacy reporting using CDS Views, AMDP, and modern ABAP constructs.
• Support transition to RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP) where applicable.
• Implement side-by-side extensibility via SAP BTP when core modification is not appropriate.
• Modernize forms and output frameworks (SAPscript, SmartForms, Adobe Forms).
• Contribute to transport, versioning, and Git-based development strategies.
• Design and troubleshoot SAP integrations using IDocs, RFCs, BAPIs, OData, and APIs.
• Analyze trigger-based logic embedded in legacy programs and refactor toward event-driven patterns.
• Support middleware-based integration scenarios and cross-platform orchestration.
• Ensure data integrity and transactional consistency across enterprise landscapes.
• Monitor and resolve integration bottlenecks affecting upstream or downstream systems.
• Leverage AI tools to scan custom ABAP repositories for risk indicators and remediation opportunities.
• Identify hard-coded logic, implicit dependencies, and undocumented integration triggers.
• Support automated insertion of service calls and governance controls within custom logic.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to operationalize SAP observability and intelligent workflow automation.
• Transform undocumented SAP systems into analyzable, structured technical assets.
• Act as a senior technical contributor during SAP remediation and modernization programs.
• Translate complex ABAP findings into structured remediation roadmaps.
• Partner with enterprise architects, AI engineers, and delivery teams to ensure safe implementation.
• Communicate technical risk assessments and modernization strategies clearly to stakeholders.
• Participate in customer-facing workshops and milestone-driven onsite engagements.
• Deliver production-ready solutions in high-availability enterprise environments.
• Maintain auditability and traceability throughout remediation efforts.
• Balance modernization velocity with upgrade safety and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to internal standards for ABAP code quality and modernization frameworks.

What We're Looking For

• 5–10+ years of hands-on SAP ABAP development experience.
• Demonstrated experience in custom code remediation or S/4HANA adaptation initiatives.
• Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills in production SAP environments.
• Experience navigating highly customized enterprise SAP landscapes.
• Ability to operate independently in complex modernization efforts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to U.S.-based customer sites as required.

Nice to Have

• Participation in ECC to S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Experience designing or refactoring event-driven SAP processes.
• Prior customer-facing technical leadership experience.
• Background in regulated or compliance-heavy industries.
• Exposure to AI-enabled modernization initiatives.

Technical Stack

• ABAP, SAP ECC, S/4HANA, CDS Views, AMDP, RAP, Enhancement Framework, BAdIs, User exits, Implicit enhancements, Explicit enhancements, WRICEF, ATC, SAPUI5, Fiori, SAP BTP, Git, Eclipse Joule, IDoc, RFC, BAPI, OData, APIs, Middleware platforms, Event-based integration, Java, Node.js, Python, AI-driven development tools, AWS, GCP, Azure, Monitoring, Logging, Secure transport

Work Mode

• Hybrid role with locations in San Jose, CA and New York City.
• Remote is considered but travel is required.

Benefits & Compensation

• Travel required as needed for customer-facing workshops and milestone-driven onsite engagements.
• Opportunity to work with AI-native platform and multi-agent AI systems.
• Work at the frontier of applied AI for regulated, large-scale enterprise environments.
• Backed by Foundation Capital.
• Built by leaders from top technology and research institutions.
• Mission to compress years of enterprise transformation into weeks.
• Operate with extreme ownership and move quickly.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.