Senior Mainframe & Core Systems Engineer, AI-Enhanced

MetLife

Kuala Lumpur

On-site

MYR 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

MetLife in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Core Systems Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain insurance business systems on mainframe platforms. You will ensure stable operations while driving modernization and collaboration with delivery teams across Japan, Malaysia and India.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, performance tuning of batch and online processing, security compliance, and release management to support complex financial services.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of software development experience, preferably in mainframe environments (COBOL, JCL, DB2)
  • Experience integrating mainframe solutions with modern platforms
  • Experience in the regulated financial industry space desirable

Responsibilities

  • Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality, automate testing, accelerate documentation, and support troubleshooting activities
  • Identify and apply AI-driven opportunities to enhance modernization initiatives, knowledge discovery, system analysis, and operational efficiency
  • Design, develop, test, and maintain mainframe applications
  • Analyse and design to translate business requirements into system specifications
  • Improve performance of batch and online processing, handle incidents, and perform root cause analysis
  • Manage application changes, create release plans, and prepare operational manuals
  • Conduct technical evaluations and implementations for modernization initiatives (e.g., development support tools, test automation, CI/CD)
  • Ensure design and operations comply with security and regulatory requirements

Skills

Mainframe COBOL
Mainframe JCL
DB2
VSAM
Batch processing
Agile development
AI-assisted development tools
Code modernization

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

COBOL
JCL
DB2

Job description

MetLife in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Core Systems Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain insurance business systems on mainframe platforms. You will ensure stable operations while driving modernization and collaboration with delivery teams across Japan, Malaysia and India.

The role emphasizes AI-assisted development, performance tuning of batch and online processing, security compliance, and release management to support complex financial services.

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