What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP BTP Development (ABAP) Lead position at K-Tek Resourcing LLC?
Position Title: SAP BTP Development (ABAP) Lead
Location: Bay Area, CA/Santa Clara, CA (Onsite)
Role Type: Contract
Implementation Partner: HCL America
Visa s: EAD/TN/E3/OPT EAD/STEM
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- 9 15 years of total SAP experience with a strong hands-on ABAP development background.
- Minimum 4 years of hands-on ABAP on HANA experience, with at least 2 end-to-end S/4HANA implementations as a Technical Lead.
Job Description:
- Own the end-to-end technical design, architecture, and delivery of ABAP on HANA developments on S/4HANA across RICEFW, custom Fiori applications, and BTP integration scenarios.
- Lead solution design workshops with client architects and functional consultants; produce HLD, LLD, and technical design documents.
- Design and develop HANA-optimized ABAP using CDS Views (annotations, associations, table functions), AMDPs, OData services (SEGW and RAP-based), and the RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP).
- Lead the design and development of custom Fiori applications:
- SAPUI5, Fiori Elements (List Report, Object Page, Overview Page), and the Flexible Programming Model.
- Fiori Launchpad design, configuration, deployment, and authorizations.
- End-to-end Fiori app lifecycle frontend, OData backend, security, and deployment to ABAP/HANA or BTP.
Design and deliver BTP-based solutions:
- Side-by-side and in-app extensions using CAP (Cloud Application Programming Model) on BTP.
- Integration via SAP Integration Suite (CPI), API Management, Event Mesh.
- Use of BTP Destination Service, Connectivity Service, XSUAA, and BAS (Business Application Studio).
- Define and enforce development standards, clean core principles, and SAP's recommended extensibility approach (key user, developer, and side-by-side).
- Perform code reviews, design reviews, and performance tuning (SQL Monitor, Runtime Analysis, Code Inspector, ATC) across the delivery team.
- Lead and mentor a team of ABAP, Fiori, and BTP developers across offshore locations; drive quality gates and delivery standards.
- Engage with client stakeholders, business analysts, and enterprise architects to gather requirements, resolve escalations, and present technical solutions.
- Govern the development landscape using CI/CD pipelines, abapGit, Transport Management Service (TMS), and Cloud ALM / Solution Manager.
- Provide advisory and design authority review designs, set technical standards, and resolve cross-team escalations.
- Stay current with SAP's roadmap (ABAP Cloud / Steampunk, RAP, BTP, Joule, AI Foundation) and proactively recommend adoption of new capabilities.
Deep expertise in ABAP on HANA:
- CDS Views annotations, associations, parameters, table functions, and extensions.
- AMDPs (ABAP Managed Database Procedures), HANA-optimized code pushdown, and performance tuning.
- RESTful ABAP Programming Model (RAP) managed and unmanaged scenarios, draft handling, business objects.
- SAP Gateway and OData service development (V2 and V4).
- Strong hands-on experience developing custom Fiori applications:
- SAPUI5, Fiori Elements, and the Flexible Programming Model.
- Fiori Launchpad configuration, deployment, and authorizations.
- Fiori app extensions, Smart Templates, and Smart Controls.
- Strong working knowledge of at least one S/4HANA functional area (FI/CO, MM, SD, or PP) from a developer's perspective.
- Proven experience leading client-facing workshops, presenting to senior stakeholders, and producing architecture deliverables.