Description
As an ABAP Technical Architect, you will play a pivotal role in defining and owning the technical architecture for custom SAP development. Your expertise will be instrumental in ensuring alignment with SAP best practices and enterprise architecture standards. With a deep understanding of modern SAP technical stacks, you will lead design and code review governance, architect cutting-edge solutions, and partner with functional architects to deliver robust technical designs. Additionally, you will drive performance tuning and provide technical guidance to a team of ABAP developers, ensuring the highest quality of delivery across the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities

- Define and own the technical architecture for custom development across SAP ECC and S/4HANA, ensuring SAP best practices and enterprise architecture standards are met.
- Lead design and code review governance for ABAP developments, enforcing coding standards, performance benchmarks, and reusability guidelines.
- Architect solutions using modern SAP technologies such as CDS views, ABAP RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP), OData services, Fiori/UI5 apps, and BTP extensions.
- Design and review integration objects, ensuring scalability and maintainability.
- Partner with functional architects to translate functional specifications into robust technical designs.
- Drive performance tuning and troubleshooting for complex ABAP programs, interfaces, and reports in high-volume transaction environments.




- Lead and mentor a team of ABAP developers, providing technical guidance and ensuring delivery quality.
- Own technical design documentation, unit testing strategy, and technical cutover/hypercare planning for large-scale SAP programs.
- Support S/4HANA conversion projects with custom code remediation and ABAP readiness checks.

Qualifications

- 12+ years of SAP ABAP development experience, with at least 4-5 years in a technical architect or lead developer role.
- Strong expertise in classic and object-oriented ABAP (OOABAP), including RICEFW objects.
- Hands-on experience with S/4HANA technical stack: CDS views, ABAP RAP/OData services, AMDP, and Fiori/UI5 app development or extension.
- Experience with integration technologies and middleware (IDocs, BAPIs, RFCs, web services/APIs, PI/PO or Integration Suite).
- Proven track record of performance tuning, code optimization, and troubleshooting in high-volume SAP environments.
- Experience leading custom code remediation and ABAP readiness assessments for S/4HANA conversion projects.
- Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience managing development teams in onshore-offshore delivery models.
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with functional architects and business stakeholders.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- SAP certification in ABAP with SAP NetWeaver / S/4HANA development is preferred.

📌 SAP ABAP Architect (Mumbai)
🏢 Important Group
📍 Mumbai