About the role
Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your Role And Responsibilities Development Lead – Required Skills and Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical representative, participating in design discussions and gap analysis
- Assign development tasks to the team and take responsibility for the delivery of all technical components
- Define technical architecture, development standards, and coding best practices
- Provide technical guidance, support, and mentoring to developers
- Estimate development effort, resource needs, and delivery timelines
- Hands‑on experience developing WRICEF objects in S/4HANA and ABAP Cloud environments
- Ability to build RAP‑based Fiori applications
- Strong experience developing CDS Views and AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures)
- Expertise in optimizing ABAP code and applications for performance improvements
- Proficiency in designing and implementing integrations using OData, REST, SOAP, and IDocs
- Experience performing enhancements and modifications using the SAP Enhancement Framework (implicit/explicit enhancements, BADIs, user exits)
- Conduct unit testing, support integration testing, and participate as an SME in code reviews
- Ensure alignment with SAP Clean Core Strategy for all development activities
- Work with No‑Code/Low‑Code tools and support process automation on SAP BTP
- Create and maintain technical specifications, design documents, and operational guides
Preferred Education Associate's Degree/College Diploma
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Proven experience in leading and managing technical development teams
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in ABAP, with strong expertise in ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, AMDP development, RAP, Fiori, and S/4HANA
- Hands‑on experience with the SAP Enhancement Framework, including BADIs, user exits, and enhancement implementations
- Knowledge and exposure to SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
- Understanding of No‑Code/Low‑Code concepts and tools within the SAP ecosystem
- Knowledge of Clean Code principles and SAP Clean Core Strategy
- Experience integrating with OData, REST, SOAP, and IDocs
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience The role requires team‑leading experience with strong expertise in SAP ABAP on S/4HANA, along with proficiency in SAP BTP services and cloud application development. The ideal candidate should have experience integrating SAP and non‑SAP systems, leveraging BTP capabilities, and ensuring the efficient, automated delivery of scalable solutions.
About IBM
At IBM, we do more than work. We create. We create as technologists, developers, and engineers. We create with our partners. We create with our competitors. If you're searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then we want to work with you.
We're here to help every creator turn their "what if" into what is. Let's create something that will change everything.
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About the role
Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
Your Role And Responsibilities Development Lead – Required Skills and Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary technical representative, participating in design discussions and gap analysis
- Assign development tasks to the team and take responsibility for the delivery of all technical components
- Define technical architecture, development standards, and coding best practices
- Provide technical guidance, support, and mentoring to developers
- Estimate development effort, resource needs, and delivery timelines
- Hands‑on experience developing WRICEF objects in S/4HANA and ABAP Cloud environments
- Ability to build RAP‑based Fiori applications
- Strong experience developing CDS Views and AMDP (ABAP Managed Database Procedures)
- Expertise in optimizing ABAP code and applications for performance improvements
- Proficiency in designing and implementing integrations using OData, REST, SOAP, and IDocs
- Experience performing enhancements and modifications using the SAP Enhancement Framework (implicit/explicit enhancements, BADIs, user exits)
- Conduct unit testing, support integration testing, and participate as an SME in code reviews
- Ensure alignment with SAP Clean Core Strategy for all development activities
- Work with No‑Code/Low‑Code tools and support process automation on SAP BTP
- Create and maintain technical specifications, design documents, and operational guides
Preferred Education Associate's Degree/College Diploma
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Proven experience in leading and managing technical development teams
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in ABAP, with strong expertise in ABAP on HANA, CDS Views, AMDP development, RAP, Fiori, and S/4HANA
- Hands‑on experience with the SAP Enhancement Framework, including BADIs, user exits, and enhancement implementations
- Knowledge and exposure to SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
- Understanding of No‑Code/Low‑Code concepts and tools within the SAP ecosystem
- Knowledge of Clean Code principles and SAP Clean Core Strategy
- Experience integrating with OData, REST, SOAP, and IDocs
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience The role requires team‑leading experience with strong expertise in SAP ABAP on S/4HANA, along with proficiency in SAP BTP services and cloud application development. The ideal candidate should have experience integrating SAP and non‑SAP systems, leveraging BTP capabilities, and ensuring the efficient, automated delivery of scalable solutions.
About IBM
At IBM, we do more than work. We create. We create as technologists, developers, and engineers. We create with our partners. We create with our competitors. If you're searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then we want to work with you.
We're here to help every creator turn their "what if" into what is. Let's create something that will change everything.