Senior Application Developer

Falcon Smart IT (FalconSmartIT); Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcon Smart IT is seeking a Senior Progress OpenEdge Developer to design, develop, and maintain enterprise applications using OpenEdge ABL/4GL. You will work in Agile teams delivering small to medium changes with Jira/ADO, and provide ongoing application support.

The ideal candidate has 6+ years of hands-on Progress OpenEdge development, AppServer/WebSpeed expertise, and strong API integration skills. Hybrid work in the UK is available.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Progress OpenEdge development experience.
• Strong OpenEdge ABL/4GL knowledge including OO programming.
• Experience with OpenEdge AppServer and WebSpeed.
• Experience building SOAP/REST services and API integrations.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Progress OpenEdge applications.
• Develop reusable business logic, procedures, and components.
• Build and troubleshoot OpenEdge AppServer and WebSpeed apps.
• Develop and support SOAP/REST web services and integrations.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in sprint planning, code reviews, and testing.

Skills

Progress OpenEdge

OpenEdge ABL/4GL

AppServer/WebSpeed

SOAP/REST API

Agile methodologies

Client-facing

Problem solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Git/SVN

PowerShell

Bash

Python

React

PHP

Job description

Job Title : Senior Application Developer

Job Location : Birmingham/London (Hybrid)

Job Type : FTE

Job Description:

Position Overview :

We are seeking a Senior Progress OpenEdge Developer with 6+ years of experience in designing, developing, enhancing, and maintaining enterprise applications. The role focuses on OpenEdge ABL/4GL development, AppServer, WebSpeed, and SOAP/REST API integrations. The candidate will work in Agile teams to deliver small to medium-sized changes using ADO and Jira, while providing application support when required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain applications using Progress OpenEdge ABL/4GL.
• Develop and maintain reusable business logic, procedures, classes, temp-tables, queries, and application components.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot OpenEdge AppServer and WebSpeed applications.
• Develop and support SOAP and REST web services and API integrations.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into efficient, scalable, and maintainable technical solutions.
• Implement small to medium-sized enhancements, bug fixes, and technical improvements within Agile sprints.
• Participate in solution design, effort estimation, code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions.
• Write unit tests, perform debugging, and ensure code quality and application stability.
• Investigate application defects and production issues, identify root causes, and implement permanent fixes.
• Use ADO and/or Jira for backlog management, sprint tracking, defect management, and release coordination.
• Maintain technical documentation, deployment instructions, and application support guides.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, and support teams.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior developers.

Mandatory Skills :

• 6+ years of hands‑on experience in Progress OpenEdge application development.
• Strong expertise in OpenEdge ABL/4GL, including procedural and object-oriented programming.
• Experience with OpenEdge AppServer and WebSpeed development.
• Strong knowledge of application integration using SOAP, REST, XML, JSON, and related technologies.
• Experience with debugging, error handling, logging, performance analysis, and application optimization.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, code reviews, and testing practices.
• Experience using Azure DevOps (ADO) and/or Jira for Agile delivery and work management.
• Experience with source control tools such as Git, SVN, or similar.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, and team-player skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including client-facing interaction.

Secondary Skills :

• Good understanding of Insurance domain.
• Experience with OpenEdge application deployment, configuration, and environment management.
• Basic understanding of OpenEdge RDBMS connectivity and application data access; database development is not required.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, and DevOps practices.
• Scripting experience with PowerShell, Bash, Python, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with application monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Experience with OpenEdge upgrades, modernization, or migration projects.
• ServiceNow administration experience or certification.
• Familiarity with React.
• Familiarity with PHP.

Experience and Qualifications :

• 6+ years of professional experience in Progress OpenEdge development.
• Experience working in Agile, cross-functional, and client-facing teams.
• Ability to take ownership of technical solutions from requirements through development, testing, deployment, and post-release support.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline is preferred.