Custom Software Engineer
Project Role Description : Develop custom software solutions to design, code, and enhance components across systems or applications. Use modern frameworks and agile practices to deliver scalable, high-performing solutions tailored to specific business needs.
Must have skills : SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll, Generative AI
Good to have skills : NA
Minimum 15 year(s) of experience is required
Educational Qualification : 15 years full time education
Summary
AI Powered Tech Talent You will design, configure, and enhance SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) solutions while utilizing AI assisted development tools and copilots to accelerate requirement analysis, configuration, testing, documentation, and issue resolution. The role focuses on delivering accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll operations, integrating pre built AI services where beneficial, and improving delivery productivity—without requiring deep AI model engineering, RAG systems, or agentic AI development.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll Functional & Technical Delivery
Configure and optimize Employee Central Payroll including pay components, off cycle processes, gross to net calculations, retroactivity, schemas, and rules.
Use AI copilots to rapidly generate functional specifications, configuration notes, testing scenarios, and payroll validation logic documentation.
Support the full delivery cycle from requirements gathering and solution design to UAT, deployment, and post go live stabilization.
Ensure seamless integration between Employee Central (EC), Time Management, HRIS Sync, BIB, and payroll relevant third party systems.
Perform payroll simulations, validations, reconciliations, and error diagnostics with AI assisted accelerators.
AI Assisted Productivity
Use AI copilots for:
o Impact and configuration analysis
o Test script automation
o Defect analysis and guided troubleshooting
o Documentation creation and updates
Integrate pre built AI services into payroll operations (e.g., automated anomaly detection on payroll variances, automated summarization of payroll runs, intelligent categorization of payroll tickets).
Apply AI enabled tools to accelerate compliance checks, payroll audits, and batch run reviews.
Governance, Compliance & Collaboration
Ensure strict compliance with local and global payroll regulations, audit requirements, data privacy laws, and security standards.
Participate in workshops, payroll parallel runs, root cause analysis, and optimization discussions—enhanced with AI supported insights.
Collaborate closely with HR operations, finance, technical integration teams, and external providers.
Contribute to reusable payroll templates, configuration patterns, checklists, SOPs, and best practices incorporating AI assisted workflows.
Required Skills & Experience
SAP Payroll Expertise
Strong hands on experience in Employee Central Payroll (ECP) and/or SAP HCM Payroll fundamentals including:
o PCRs, schemas, wage types
o Retrocalculations and payroll calendars
o Off cycle and special payroll runs
o Integration with EC, Time Off, Time Sheet, Benefits
Understanding of payroll posting to finance (FI/CO) and payroll reconciliation practices.
AI Ready Skills
Practical experience using AI copilots and LLM based tools for analysis, documentation, test generation, and troubleshooting.
Ability to integrate pre built AI capabilities such as automated validations, anomaly detection, and summarization.
Understanding of responsible AI usage and the limits of AI tools in regulated HR/payroll contexts.
General Professional Skills
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, especially in data driven payroll scenarios.
Ability to translate business rules into accurate payroll configuration.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across HR, payroll, and technical teams.
Continuous learning mindset with comfort adopting AI enabled development and support workflows.
Good to Have
SAP SuccessFactors EC/ECP Certification.
Experience with payroll parallel testing and country specific payroll localization.
Exposure to CPI/Boomi integrations or cloud based payroll analytics.
Familiarity with automated testing environments.
Outcome Expectations
Deliver accurate, reliable, and compliant payroll solutions using AI enabled productivity accelerators.
Improve cycle times, testing efficiency, and payroll accuracy through AI assisted workflows.
Act as a connector between payroll teams, SAP engineering teams, and AI native teams when deeper AI capabilities are required.
Additional Information
A 15 years full time education is required.
Bengaluru
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