Software Engineer II - Mainframe

TN United Kingdom; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Bournemouth is seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Payments group. This role involves enhancing and delivering software components within an agile team, focusing on secure, stable, and scalable solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in system design and application development, with knowledge of modern programming languages, including Cobol and Natural. This position offers an opportunity to grow within the company while contributing to diverse and inclusive team culture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in system design and application development.
• Experience in developing and maintaining code in a corporate environment.
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes.

Responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions and technical troubleshooting.
• Writes secure and high-quality code using programming languages.
• Gathers and analyzes data to contribute to decision-making.

Skills

System Design

Application Development

Debugging

Agile Methodologies

Data Gathering

Tools

Cobol

Natural

Adabas

CICS

JCL

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Software Engineer II - Mainframe, Bournemouth

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Bournemouth, United Kingdom

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Other

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Job Reference:

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Posted:

17.05.2025

Expiry Date:

01.07.2025

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Job Description:

You’re ready to gain the skills and experience needed to grow within your role and advance your career — and we have the perfect software engineering opportunity for you.

As a Software Engineer II at JPMorgan Chase within the Payments group, you are part of an agile team that works to enhance, design, and deliver the software components of the firm’s state-of-the-art technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As an emerging member of a software engineering team, you execute software solutions through the design, development, and technical troubleshooting of multiple components within a technical product, application, or system, while gaining the skills and experience needed to grow within your role.

Job responsibilities

• Executes standard software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting
• Writes secure and high-quality code using the syntax of at least one programming language (Cobol or Natural) with limited guidance
• Designs, develops, codes, and troubleshoots with consideration of upstream and downstream systems and technical implications
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain to improve the value realized by automation
• Applies technical troubleshooting to break down solutions and solve technical problems of basic complexity
• Gathers, analyzes, and draws conclusions from large, diverse data sets to identify problems and contribute to decision-making in service of secure, stable application development
• Learns and applies system processes, methodologies, and skills for the development of secure, stable code and systems
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Demonstrable ability to code in one or more languages
• Experience across the whole Software Development Life Cycle
• Exposure to agile methodologies, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Aptitude in data gathering, manipulation & Metric delivery
• Emerging knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (Cobol, Natural, Adabas, CICS, JCL,

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Familiarity with Cobol, Natural, Adabas, CICS & JCL
• Experience in Spreadsheets, Tableau & Metrics presentation a benefit