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Amazon is seeking an experienced SAP Technical Solution Architect to lead the architecture and engineering teams responsible for ABAP development, SAP Business Technology Platform, and SAP BASIS as part of a large-scale transformation of Amazon’s Finance ERP platform.
This role will own the technical architecture and engineering strategy for SAP development, extensibility, platform administration, and operational capabilities. The successful candidate will lead a team of ABAP developers, BTP engineers, and BASIS professionals and establish the technical standards, governance, and delivery mechanisms required to build a secure, scalable, resilient, and maintainable SAP environment.
You will partner with ERP Product, Functional Solution Architecture, Engineering, Security, Controls, Infrastructure, SAP, and implementation partners to translate business and functional requirements into technical solutions. You will guide the platform through design, build, integration, testing, deployment, operations, and continuous improvement while ensuring alignment with clean-core principles and Amazon’s engineering and security standards.
This role requires an individual who can move between enterprise architecture decisions and detailed technical problem-solving. You will evaluate solution alternatives, define development and extensibility patterns, resolve complex technical risks, and ensure the ABAP, BTP, and BASIS teams operate as one integrated engineering organization.
Key job responsibilities
Own the SAP technical architecture and engineering strategy across ABAP, BTP, BASIS, integrations, extensibility, and platform operations.
Lead and develop a multidisciplinary team of ABAP developers, BTP engineers, and BASIS professionals, establishing clear ownership, priorities, standards, and delivery expectations.
Define technical patterns and guardrails for SAP configuration, custom development, workflows, forms, reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, and extensions.
Establish and enforce clean-core principles, determining when requirements should be addressed through standard SAP functionality, in-app extensibility, side-by-side BTP extensions, or custom ABAP development.
Own the BTP architecture, including account and subaccount design, environments, connectivity, identity, security, application services, integration services, development standards, and lifecycle management.
Lead BASIS architecture and operational design across system landscapes, environments, transports, upgrades, patching, performance, capacity, availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and production support.
Establish software-development standards covering solution design, coding, peer reviews, automated testing, documentation, source control, CI/CD, transport management, and release governance.
Partner with functional architects and product teams to convert business requirements into scalable technical designs and accurate delivery estimates.
Review and approve technical designs and ensure solutions meet requirements for performance, scalability, security, controls, resilience, supportability, and cost.
Develop technical roadmaps, architecture documents, decision materials, and executive updates that communicate priorities, risks, trade-offs, and required investments.
Evaluate emerging SAP and generative AI capabilities and identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, user experience, automation, monitoring, and support.
A day in the life
You will lead the teams responsible for SAP development, BTP, and BASIS while shaping the platform’s technical direction. A typical day may include reviewing an extension design, resolving a performance issue, deciding between ABAP and BTP, or evaluating release readiness. You will partner with product, functional architecture, security, and engineering teams to manage dependencies and technical risks. You will also coach team members, review delivery metrics, hold implementation partners accountable, and communicate architecture decisions and trade-offs to senior leaders.
About the team
The Accounting Transformation Group drives initiatives that modernize accounting processes, strengthen controllership, and enable scalable growth across Amazon. The team operates at the intersection of Accounting, Finance, Product, Solution Architecture, process design, and technology to build scalable financial capabilities and support Amazon's evolving business needs.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of IT development or implementation/consulting in the software or Internet industries experience
Experience leading engineering teams as a mentor or tech lead, or experience in debugging, profiling, and implementing software engineering best practices in large-scale systems
Deep expertise in one or more areas of ABAP development, SAP BTP, SAP BASIS, SAP integration, or SAP technical architecture.
Preferred Qualifications
10+ years of infrastructure architecture, database architecture and networking experience
Knowledge of SAP systems (like SAP Business Suite, S/4HANA, SAP Business Warehouse, SAP HANA, SAP Business Objects, etc.) and their architecture and infrastructure needs
Experience in SAP clean core design concepts, including design and build using non-SAP technologies in domains such as Generative / Agentic AI, and data & analytics
Experience with ABAP Cloud, Core Data Services, RESTful Application Programming Model, Fiori, SAPUI5, APIs, workflows, forms, and enhancement frameworks.
Experience with SAP BTP services, including Integration Suite, Extension Suite, Cloud Foundry, Kyma, SAP Build, Event Mesh, API Management, or related capabilities.
Experience with SAP BASIS and HANA administration, system landscapes, transports, upgrades, performance tuning, high availability, disaster recovery, monitoring, and operational support.
SAP technical, architecture, BTP, ABAP, BASIS, AWS, or comparable professional certification.
Equal Opportunity
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.
Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
USA, CA, Culver City - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, MA, Boston - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, OR, Portland - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, TX, Austin - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, VA, Arlington - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
USA, WA, Seattle - 153,600.00 - 207,800.00 USD annually
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