WoW Software Engineer - Host

Royal Bank of Scotland; Chennai District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Bank of Scotland in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu seeks a Software Engineer at a senior analyst level to engineer and maintain sophisticated, customer-centric, high-performance and secure software solutions. You will work in a feature team, collaborating with engineers, architects, and analysts across the platform to deliver complex solutions.

You will contribute across the lifecycle—from requirements analysis and design through coding, testing, deployment and operations—building robust

Qualifications

• Experience in Mainframe development using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2 and VSAM.
• Exposure to API integration, Web Services, and modernization initiatives.
• Proven experience with mainframe development and support tools.
• Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and DevOps practices.
• Ability to design, develop, test and deploy high-quality code across the lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly with high quality.
• Working in permanent teams responsible for full life cycle—from development to maintenance.
• Collaborating to optimize software engineering capability.
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing working code.
• Participating across the lifecycle from requirements analysis to deployment and operations.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

VSAM

API integration

Web Services

Mainframe modernization

Agile

Scrum

Kanban

DevOps

CI/CD

SDLC

Endevor

Xpediter

Abend-AID

File Manager

DB2 tools

Tools

Endevor

Xpediter

Abend-AID

File Manager

DB2 tools

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer

This is an opportunity for a driven Software Engineer to take on an exciting new career challengeDay-to-day, you'll build a wide network of stakeholders of varying levels of seniorityIt's a chance to hone your existing technical skills and advance your careerWe're offering this role at senior analyst level

What you'll do

In your new role, you'll engineer and maintain innovative, customer centric, high performance, secure and robust solutions. You'll be working within a feature team and using your extensive experience to engineer software, scripts and tools that are often complex, as well as liaising with other engineers, architects and business analysts across the platform.

You'll also be:

• Producing complex and critical software rapidly and of high quality which adds value to the business
• Working in permanent teams who are responsible for the full life cycle, from initial development, through enhancement and maintenance to replacement or decommissioning
• Collaborating to optimise our software engineering capability
• Designing, producing, testing and implementing our working code
• Working across the life cycle, from requirements analysis and design, through coding to testing, deployment and operations

The skills you'll need

You’ll need a background in software engineering, software design, architecture, and an understanding of how your area of expertise supports our customers.

You’ll also need:

• Basic hands-on experience in Mainframe application development using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2 and VSAM, with exposure to API integration, Web Services, and modernisation initiatives.
• Experience with mainframe development and support tools such as Endevor, Xpediter, Abend-AID, File Manager, and DB2 tools.
• Proven experience in the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and production support for business-critical Tier 1 applications.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban.
• Exposure to DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated deployments, source code management tools, and agile delivery methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate and resolve technical issues.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise workload, and meet agreed deadlines with a focus on producing high-quality code.
• Strong team-working and collaboration skills, with a focus on knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and fostering a positive engineering culture.

Hours45

Job Posting Closing Date:20/09/2026