Technical Architect

Relocation Assistance Offered Within Country

Job Number #175025 - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Who We Are Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specialising in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Our products are trusted in more households than any other brand in the world, making us a household name!

Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. Together, let's build a brighter, healthier future for all.

Brief introduction: We are looking for an individual who can design, construct, and support tailored SAP S/4HANA solutions aligned with Clean Core principles.

Principal duties involve building cloud-ready extensions through RESTful ABAP Programming (RAP/CDS) and OData, all while guaranteeing system compatibility during upgrades and optimizing overall performance.

Responsibilities:

• Proactively explore, prototype, and implement modern frameworks, cloud deployment architectures, and next-generation features utilizing SAP BTP, SAP Edge Integration Cell, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain RICEFW objects (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Extensions, Forms, Workflows) using ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, and AMDP.
• Implement extensions using modern ABAP Cloud development models (RAP/CDS) to ensure Clean Core compliance.
• Create OData services and APIs for seamless integration with SAP BTP or external systems.
• Design technical solutions in partnership with the functional team and the business.
• Support daily business requirements in alignment with the global Service Level Agreement (SLA).
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve issues within the Private Cloud environment / S/4HANA, providing technical support.
• Perform code reviews, optimize ABAP code for better performance, and maintain high standards for technical documentation.
• Ensure the reliability of production systems by adhering to IT standards and governance processes.
• Ability to leverage AI-driven development capabilities and generative coding assistants to accelerate unit testing, code interpretation, and overall delivery speed.
• Partner with technical teams on innovative "Explore and Exploit" workstreams, creating prototypes for emerging tech and scaling proven AI-enhanced development methodologies across the organization.

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s or similar degree in computer science, engineering, business information technologies or related fields.
• Over 8 years of deep technical mastery in SAP ABAP engineering, including expertise in ABAP on HANA, object-oriented principles, and modern environments (7.4/7.5+).
• Practical experience implementing modern ABAP Cloud development models such as RAP/CDS, alongside Fiori and UI5 technologies.
• Proficiency in utilized development environments like ABAP Development Tools (ADT) in Eclipse.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OData, RFCs, BAPIs, and IDOCs, with the insight to transition from legacy interfaces to API-first integration strategies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to SAP BTP and cloud integrations.
• Should be flexible and adaptable to new technologies
• Knowledge on SAP Cloud Platform, SAP API, Python, Google Cloud Platform
• Leverage AI-driven development capabilities including Joule for Developers

Our Commitment to Inclusion Our journey begins with our people—developing strong talent with diverse backgrounds and perspectives to best serve our consumers around the world and fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels a true sense of belonging. We are dedicated to ensuring that each individual can be their authentic self, is treated with respect, and is empowered by leadership to contribute meaningfully to our business.

Equal Opportunity Employer Colgate is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital status, veteran status (United States positions), or any other characteristic protected by law.

Reasonable accommodation during the application process is available for persons with disabilities. Please complete this request form should you require accommodation.