Senior Software Engineer - Mainframe

• Collaborate with stakeholders to interpret requirements for project components and incorporate feedback into future designs or solution fixes.
• Translate business requirements by verifying assumptions and escalating potential design issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Contribute to project estimation and upscale issues that may cause delays.
• Develop, implement, and maintain code for products, services, or components, applying coding patterns, guidelines, and best practices.
• Apply debugging tools to verify assumptions and proactively flag issues before they occur.
• Participate in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed and address routine pull requests.
• Manage end-to-end lifecycle of application enhancements by working with architects, systems analysts, project managers, QA and other developers to successfully implement projects.
• Leverage and build knowledge of software developer tools to create, debug, and maintain code for components.
• Prepare technical documents, develop code, review code, build environment, review test results, and prepare plan for implementation.
• Identify opportunities for future enhancements and refinements to standards, best practices and development methodologies.

Requirements

• Master's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field
• OR Bachelor's degree in Math, Science, Engineering, or Computer Science, Information Systems or related field AND minimum two (2) years of experience in a directly related field
• OR Minimum five (5) years of directly related experience.
• Development experience in COBOL, JCL, ISPF required
• Development experience on MVS/OS 390 batch application required
• Development experience using ESP, CA7 or another scheduling software
• Development experience using FILE-AID
• Development experience with Connex/Advantage settlement application or equivalent
• Development experience with a Settlement/Reporting application in the Financial sector
• Ability to solve complex software development/design issues
• Ability to write clean, coherent code following established coding guidelines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Good knowledge of EFT settlement and transaction processing
• Hands-on knowledge of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLM) is highly desirable.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in COBOL, JCL, and MVS/OS 390 batch application development, with a strong focus on coding best practices and debugging. Proficient in managing application enhancements and collaborating with cross-functional teams in the financial sector.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• COBOL Development
• MVS/OS 390 Batch Application Development
• EFT Settlement Knowledge
• Analytical Problem-Solving
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) Knowledge

Hard Skills

• COBOL
• JCL
• ISPF
• ESP
• CA7
• FILE-AID
• Connex/Advantage
• Settlement Application Development
• Transaction Processing
• Coding Guidelines

Soft Skills

• Analytical Skills
• Problem-Solving Skills

Industry Keywords

• Financial Sector
• EFT Settlement
• Transaction Processing
• Software Development
• Development Methodologies

Tools & Technologies

• Scheduling Software
• Debugging Tools
• Software Developer Tools