We are looking for an experienced Senior ABAP Developer to support a prominent international organization in the retail and e-commerce sector. This freelance contract offers an initial 3-month engagement in a well-established SAP development environment, focusing on the design, development, and optimization of modern ABAP applications within an SAP S/4HANA Retail landscape.

The Role

In this hands-on development role, you will be responsible for:

• Designing and developing ABAP applications within an SAP S/4HANA Retail environment.
• Implementing RESTful Application Programming Model (RAP) solutions and OData services.
• Developing and optimizing Core Data Services (CDS) Views across analytical, consumption, and interface layers.
• Creating and enhancing performance-critical ABAP Managed Database Procedures (AMDP).
• Reviewing, maintaining, refactoring, and improving the existing ABAP custom codebase.
• Ensuring development quality, maintainability, and adherence to technical standards.
• Producing technical documentation and solution designs for new features and enhancements.
• Collaborating with SAP functional teams to analyze requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Providing knowledge transfer, technical guidance, and mentoring to internal development teams.
• Supporting application performance analysis and optimization as needed.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of professional ABAP development experience or equivalent demonstrable expertise.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern ABAP technologies.
• Experience with at least one production SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Proficient in implementing RAP-based OData services.
• Extensive experience in developing CDS Views, including analytical, consumption, and interface patterns.
• Practical experience with ABAP Managed Database Procedures (AMDP).
• Good understanding of SAP MM and/or SD business processes.
• Ability to review, refactor, and optimize existing ABAP custom code.
• Business-level English communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience in SAP S/4HANA Retail environments or retail-specific SAP business scenarios.
• SAP Fiori front-end integration experience, including SAPUI5 and Freestyle applications.
• Familiarity with Git, GitLab, or GitHub.
• Experience with unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD).
• Skills in SQL optimization and performance tuning.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments using Scrum and/or Kanban.

What We Offer

• Freelance contract with a fully remote work arrangement.
• Initial project duration of 3 months with potential for extension.

If you are available on short notice and interested in this fully remote SAP S/4HANA development project, please apply with your latest CV, availability, and expected daily rate.