Senior RPG Engineer – IBM i | 12-Month Contract

Microlise; Langley Mill; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Private medical insurance

25 days holiday

Employee well-being & support

Discounts & perks program

Job summary

Microlise is seeking an experienced Senior RPG Software Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract to support and modernise critical IBM i applications. This hands-on role combines development, production support, deployments and technical leadership across teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will design and maintain RPG/400, RPG IV, ILE RPG and Free Format RPG solutions, optimise DB2 for i, and integrate REST APIs, JSON and XML while mentoring engineers and contributing to agile

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or equivalent commercial experience.
• Significant experience with RPG on IBM i platform and related tooling.
• Strong understanding of RPG/400, RPG IV, ILE RPG and Free Format RPG.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain RPG-based applications on IBM i / AS400.
• Analyse business requirements and translate into robust technical solutions.
• Develop and optimise DB2 for i queries and data structures.

Skills

RPG/400

RPG IV

ILE RPG

Free Format RPG

IBM i

DB2 for i

REST APIs

JSON

XML

Agile

Testing & code reviews

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Git

Azure DevOps

Job description

Microlise is seeking an experienced Senior RPG Software Engineer for a 12-month fixed-term contract to support and modernise critical IBM i applications. This hands-on role combines development, production support, deployments and technical leadership across teams and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will design and maintain RPG/400, RPG IV, ILE RPG and Free Format RPG solutions, optimise DB2 for i, and integrate REST APIs, JSON and XML while mentoring engineers and contributing to agile