Software Engineer 1 - Mainframe (Cobol)

Description

The team builds and runs software for a large U.S. financial institution, and this role covers analysis, design, testing, development and maintenance of its systems.

You will work closely with colleagues across the organization, follow agile and DevOps practices, and take ownership of what you ship so customers see minimal disruption.

The role is a Software Engineer 1 position focused on mainframe work in COBOL.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, run and maintain products end to end, owning the code from start to release.
• Write production-ready, testable code.
• Create sound technical designs that follow architectural best practices and account for scalability, reliability and performance of the systems involved.
• Investigate failures, propose design changes and push for operational improvements.
• Make design and coding choices that keep the customer experience first.
• Act on code review feedback to meet team standards, and review others' code to guide engineering practice and compliance with development procedures.
• Make sure every part of product development meets compliance and security practices.
• Build reliability engineering standards into development work.
• Evaluate new technologies and help shape best practices as the bank modernizes its technology.
• Help build a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Assess tasks critically, prioritize them and size them for incremental delivery, and raise blockers and delays early, before they need escalation.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Two to three years of relevant experience.
• Strong working knowledge of COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM.
• Familiarity with agile development and DevOps principles.
• A complete grasp of a feature, the users and flows it touches, and its purpose.
• Technical enough to define and deliver solutions that meet end-user needs.
• Able to explain processes and results clearly to engineers, product owners, scrum masters, third-party vendors and customers.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, architectural patterns and best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Preferred: the posting lists the items above under preferred skills and experience, so treat them as desirable rather than mandatory beyond the basic qualifications.

Conditions

You must work from a the company location at least three days per week.

For accommodations during the application or hiring process, see the company's disability accommodations page.

The company is an equal opportunity employer.

Benefits

• Healthcare covering medical, dental and vision.
• Basic term life insurance, with optional term life insurance available.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Pregnancy disability and parental leave.
• 401(k) plan and an employer-funded retirement plan.
• Paid vacation of two to five weeks, depending on salary grade and tenure.
• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities.
• Adoption assistance.
• Sick and safe leave accrues at one hour per 30 hours worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year, unless the law provides otherwise.
• Full benefit details by employment status are available on the company's benefits page.