Senior Software Engineer-Mainframe

Company: APPS Consultants Inc
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Leads the design, development, troubleshooting, and debugging, and evaluates, modifies, deploys and documents software and systems for Customer-facing applications, business applications, and/or internal end user applications. Design and build software that meets the needs of the business and improve upon it through operational ownership. Use the right tools for the job, and build software that works well and efficiently within the overall system architecture Owns all technical aspects of software development for assigned applications Performs hands-on architecture, design, and development of systems Functions as senior member of an agile team and helps drive consistent development practices tools, common components, and documentation Mentors engineers, and may have management responsibilities over 2-3 engineers Typically spends 50% of time writing code and testing, and remainder of time collaborating with stakeholders through ongoing product/platform releases Develops deep understanding of tie-ins with other systems and platforms within the supported domains Writes code and unit tests, works on API specs, automation, and conducts code reviews and testing Performs ongoing refactoring of code, utilizes visualization and other techniques to fast-track concepts, and deliver continuous improvement Identifies opportunities to adopt innovative technologies Provides continuous support for ongoing application availability Works closely with product owners on blueprints and annual planning of feature sets that impact multiple platforms and products Works with product owners to prioritize features for ongoing sprints and managing a list of technical requirements based on industry trends, new technologies, known defects, and issues Required Skills:

• Hands-on expertise with application design, software development and automated testing
• Ability to effectively interpret technical and business objectives and challenges, and articulate solutions
• Ability to think abstractly and deal with ambiguous/under-defined problems
• Ability to enable business capabilities through innovation Looks proactively beyond the obvious for continuous improvement opportunities
• High energy, demonstrated willingness to learn new technologies, and takes pride in how fast they develop working software Education/Experience:
  • 6+ years of software development experience - Mainframe and distributed experience
  • Demonstrated experience with object-oriented design and coding with variety of languages - Cobol, Java, IMS, DB2, Big Data
  • Demonstrated experience leading teams of engineers
  • Familiar with Agile or other rapid application development methods
  • Experience with design and coding across one or more platforms and languages as appropriate
  • Experience with distributed (multi-tiered) systems, algorithms, and relational databases
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent work experience, is preferred APPS Consultants Inc., is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

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