SAP S​/HANA Lead – Fashion & Vertical Business

Job Summary

The Principal Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, monitors, and supports software solutions. Ensures quality, security, privacy, reliability, availability, maintainability, performance, compatibility, and integrations of solutions throughout. Advances the team's technical foundation to deliver modern, simple, and secure solutions, and raises the engineering skills within the squad. Scope of delivery is for a single squad.

Design, develop, test, maintain, monitor, and support a platform or application. Promote reusable, portable, and maintainable application design. Build subject matter expertise in the business area. Lead autonomously the execution and utilization of reference implementations, best practices, frameworks, standards, and architectural decisions within a squad. Notify technical stakeholders of technical or functional changes. Contribute to the backlog to capture work that promotes the team's mission and advances technical foundation.

Refine product backlog, break down larger bodies of work (epics) into smaller, well-understood items (stories) that can be accomplished in a single iteration. Ensure stories have clearly understood value and defined acceptance criteria. Communicate with key partners and dependent squads to understand scope of planned work. Partner with Product Managers to inform prioritization, identify dependencies, and influence product roadmap. Generate stories for backlog that address performance, non-functional requirements, tech debt, modernization, and simplification.

Participate in team’s agile ceremonies and drive collaboration through pair programming and continuous improvement. Resolve blockers, implement new practices, and maintain branch architecture documentation and reference architectures. Mentor individuals and peers on technical delivery. Partner with Solution Architects to adopt enterprise patterns. Leverage automation for efficiency and reliability. Participate in peer code reviews, troubleshoot bugs and security risks, identify bottlenecks, and partner on software lifecycle improvements.

Lead the team in monitoring, alerting, and diagnosing issues before they reach consumers and stakeholders. Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree, applicable certification, or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 8+ years of professional experience and mastery of relevant technical or business skills.
• 5+ years of designing Big Data systems and processes in a Cloud environment.
• Expert in SQL and query optimization techniques.
• 5+ years’ experience with programming languages.
• 3+ years of Apache Spark with Python. Experience in design and development of an Enterprise CI/CD process.
• Expert in all technologies in the data platform (Data Factory, Databricks, Data Lake, Data Warehouse, and SQLDB).
• Coding proficiency in a modern programming or scripting language. Azure stack experience preferred (Logic and Function apps).
• Knowledge of database systems (SQL).
• Experience in creating automation of repeatable tasks.
• Strong understanding of data design concepts.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SDLC and change management. Demonstrated ability to create logical flow diagrams.
• Excellent project and time management skills.
• Ability to work and collaborate with cross‑functional teams and manage partner expectations.
• Ability to influence without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to evaluate processes and drive improvement.
• Ability to foster new ideas and concepts and make decisions surrounding complex issues.
• Functional understanding of data architecture concepts.
• Intermediate understanding of privacy laws and regulations.
• Exposure to wholesale and/or retail solutions preferred.
• Experience with Data Catalogs, business glossaries, data governance, and metadata management preferred.
• Experience defining and implementing Data Governance models based on industry best‑practices preferred.
• Travel:
  None.
• Work Schedule:
  
  Standard Hours.

Lead the design, build, and implementation of prAna’s SAP S/4

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