SAP Business One Developer: career guide and jobs

SAP Business One developers customize and extend SAP's ERP for small and mid-sized businesses.

What you will do

Create user-defined fields, tables and queries
Build add-ons and integrations with the SDK or Service Layer
Design print layouts and reports
Support upgrades and data migration

Skills to learn

Business One modules: finance, sales, purchasing, inventory
SQL on SQL Server or SAP HANA
DI API, UI API and Service Layer
C# or .NET for add-ons
Layout designer and Crystal Reports
Formatted searches and queries

Career advice

Learn how the main Business One modules work as a user.
Get comfortable with SQL and the database behind it.
Practise the Service Layer, a REST interface to Business One data.
Build a small integration or add-on, such as syncing orders from a web shop.
Look at SAP's official learning paths and certification options.

CV tips

State the Business One version and database you worked on.
List integrations and add-ons you built, with outcomes.
Mention the industries you supported.

Interview topics to prepare

User-defined fields versus user-defined tables
DI API versus Service Layer
Formatted searches and queries
Approval procedures
Your data migration approach

Interested in an SAP Business One role?

Email your CV to info@rawntech.com with the subject "SAP Business One Developer". Check current openings on our jobs page.

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