Mainframe Developer

Key Responsibilities:
1. Engage with customers to deeply understand their use-cases, pain points, and requirements, showcasing empathy and advocating for user-centric software solutions
2. Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, methodologies (like agile) and technologies including AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, OpenCode, or similar LLM-based development assistants.
3. Assess the requirements of the software application or service and determine the most suitable technology stack, integration method, deployment strategy, etc.
4. Create high-level software architecture designs that outline the overall structure, components, and interfaces of the application
5. Collaborate with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
6. Define and implement software test strategy, guidelines, policies and processes in line with organization vision, industry regulations and market best practices.
7. Work on continuously improving performance and optimizing the application and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency
8. Familiar with programming practices, such as test-driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery
9. Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization.
10. Create user-friendly and interactive interfaces
11. Develop and maintain back-end applications like APIs and microservices using server-side languages
12. Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies and capabilities to deliver their solutions, and are monitoring and participating in solutions for new stack layers, often involving industry collaboration
Skills Required:
CA-7, Performance Testing, Job Control Language (JCL), Root Cause Analysis, Software Testing, Z/OS, AIPGEE, Batch Processing, Requirements Analysis, SQL, IBM DB2, GitHub, TSO/ISPF, REST APIs, Customer Information Control System (CICS), Application Support, Program Analysis, COBOL, Mainframe Systems, JSON, Application Testing, Agile Software Development, GitHub Copilot, AI-Assisted Development, Prompt Engineering, LLM API Integration, AI Code Review

Experience Required:
Senior Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.; guides. 10+ years in IT; 8+ years in development

Education Required:
Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information:
***HYBRID / 4 days per week in the office***