AS400 Developer

The AS400 Developer will be responsible for developing, enhancing, and supporting applications on the iSeries/AS400 platform within the retail domain.

This role involves analyzing requirements, creating technical specifications, performing development activities, and providing second-level production support.

The position requires strong RPG, SQLRPGLE, CL programming skills and the ability to collaborate with product owners, business teams, and QA to deliver high-quality, scalable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze and develop iSeries/AS400 code supporting various retail applications.
• Create functional specifications following established standards, processes, and procedures.
• Conduct code reviews, perform unit testing, and coordinate development and QA activities.
• Adhere to client development standards and deployment processes.
• Collaborate with product owners, business teams, and QA to clarify and document requirements.
• Participate in development estimation, deployment activities, and release planning.
• Provide second-level support for incident tickets and create knowledge base articles for first-level teams.
• Perform peer reviews to ensure code quality, reusability, scalability, and adherence to best practices.
• Participate in technical discussions focused on user experience, design, architecture, and development.

Required Qualifications

• Strong programming skills on the iSeries platform using RPG, RPG ILE, SQLRPGLE, and CLP/CLLE.
• Solid understanding of SQL concepts, including writing and modifying complex SQL queries, embedded SQL, cursor programming, and stored procedures.
• Experience with physical files, logical files, SQL tables, indexes, and views.
• Proficiency in screen programming, including display files, subfiles, and printer files.
• Ability to document business rules and create data-mapping documents based on program and data flows.
• Experience with ILE programming, including modules, binding directories frc, and service programs.
• Working knowledge of Message Queue (MQ), MQ triggers, and embedding XML in RPG programs.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to independently manage project tasks and collaborate with analysts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Turnover for code configuration management.
• Experience using X-Analysis for cross-referencing.
• Knowledge of triggers and message queuing for inter-program or inter-system
• Experience with ROBOT job scheduler for batch job scheduling.
• Knowledge of normalized and denormalized tables and star schema design.
• Experience with iSeries Navigator for running and analyzing SQL performance.
• Retail domain experience in areas such as avancer, warehouse management, or distributionιλ