SAP ABAP Lead Developer (S/4HANA)

SAP ABAP Lead Developer (S/4HANA) 
Location: Holland, MI (Onsite 4 days/week)
Duration: 6-Month Contract-to-Hire
Pay Rate: Targeting $75/hr W2 + Benefits

Position Overview 
We re seeking a Senior / Lead SAP ABAP Developer to serve as a technical expert within a modern SAP S/4HANA environment. This role is ideal for someone who blends strong hands-on development experience with architectural thinking and clean-core principles.

You will play a key role in designing, developing, and optimizing scalable SAP solutions while partnering closely with product owners, functional analysts, and business teams across manufacturing, supply chain, and finance.

This is a contract-to-hire opportunity with a strong preference for candidates who can work onsite in Holland, MI at least four days per week.

Top Technical Priorities 
1. Modern ABAP on S/4HANA
Clean, maintainable development leveraging both classic and modern ABAP techniques.
 2. CDS + HANA Performance Engineering
Design scalable data models and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks at the database and application layer.
 3. API & Integration Development
Hands-on experience with RAP, OData (v2/v4), REST services, and enterprise integrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical design and development across SAP S/4HANA 2023.

• Translate functional requirements into clean, scalable technical solutions.

• Drive performance analysis, optimization, and advanced debugging.

• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performing solutions aligned with Clean Core principles.

• Support modern extensibility models (Key User & Pro Developer).

• Contribute to architectural decisions that keep the SAP landscape modern and future-ready.

Core SAP & ABAP Expertise

• Classic ABAP and Modern ABAP (S/4HANA)

• Object-Oriented ABAP

• Reports, Module Pool Programming, ALV IDA

• Function Groups, Enhancements, User Exits

• BAPI, RFC, IDoc

• Adobe Forms

• Data Dictionary design and optimization

• BAS and Eclipse/ADT

• SAP Fiori integration

Modern SAP Development Experience

• CDS Views and HANA database experience

• RAP (RESTful ABAP Programming Model)

• OData v4 and REST API development

• SAP Gateway

• API testing tools (Postman or similar)

• Clean Core-aligned development practices

Functional Module Exposure (One or More Preferred)

• PPDS

• aATP

• SD

• LE / WM

• MM

• FI

• SCM

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field
  (Equivalent experience accepted: 2 years of relevant experience per year of education)

• 10+ years of SAP design, development, and support experience

• 2+ years of hands-on S/4HANA experience

• Strong ABAP programming expertise

• Ability to work onsite in Holland, MI at least 4 days per week

Nice-to-Have Skills

• AMDP

• ABAP Unit Testing

• SAP API Management

• ABAP Git / gCTS

• VS Code

• CAP CDS

• EWM

• SAP Integration Suite / PI

• Ariba

• Strong understanding of Clean Core principles

What Success Looks Like 
The ideal candidate:

• Quickly masters new technologies with minimal ramp-up

• Demonstrates strong ownership and technical craftsmanship

• Delivers clean, stable, future-ready solutions

• Collaborates effectively across technical and business teams

• Is comfortable supporting global stakeholders when needed

• Brings a continuous improvement mindset to modern SAP engineering

If you are a hands-on SAP ABAP leader who enjoys building scalable, modern S/4HANA solutions in a collaborative manufacturing environment, we d like to connect.