Sr. Software Engineer (Mainframe Developer (COBOL))

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
• Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
• Creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
• Performs analysis on failures, proposes design changes, and encourages operational improvements
• Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
• Takes feedback from code review and applies changes to meet standards
• Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
• Ensures all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
• Embeds software reliability engineering standards into development processes
• Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before escalation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant experience
• Strong hands-on skills in Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM
• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles
• Complete understanding of features, impacted users, flows, and purpose
• Technically proficient and able to define and fulfill solutions requirements for end users
• Able to communicate processes and results with engineers, product owners, scrum masters, vendors, and customers
• Proficient understanding of algorithms, data structures, architectural design patterns and best practices
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with emerging technology opportunities and contributing to best practices in technology transformation

Qualifications

• Educational background includes a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Benefits & Perks

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
• Basic term and optional term life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave
• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
• Adoption assistance
• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per year