Senior Software Developer (COBOL)

ANTAES ASIA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ANTAES Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore seeks a Senior Software Developer to design, develop and maintain high-quality banking applications, translating client requirements into technical specs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful delivery.

You will lead design discussions, perform estimations, and guide offshore developers, focusing on COBOL, DB2, and DevOps practices. A 10+ year track record in distributed delivery and Private Banking is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Engineering (CS/IT).
• 10+ years of software development experience in distributed delivery teams across geographies.
• Experience in Private Banking or Wealth Management is imperative.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality software applications for project delivery and change requests.
• Translate client requirements into system/technical requirements and best practices.
• Write precise technical specifications based on customer requirements and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Support Project Manager to initiate projects and ensure domain artifacts align with methodology.
• Lead workshops to capture requirements and support solution proposals and cost estimation.
• Provide technical guidance to offshore development teams and ensure viable, consistent solutions.
• Develop medium to complex applications aligned with technical specs and perform unit/integration/system tests.
• Assist clients during user acceptance testing and resolve issues in simulation environments.

Skills

Private Banking & Wealth Management

Agile & DevOps

Programming in COBOL

SQL & DB2

GIT & GitLab

APIs & Digital Banking

Testing & Debugging

Team Collaboration

Education

Engineering degree (CS/IT)

Tools

S2i Application

DB2

GIT

GITLAB

SPLUNK

DBeaver

Eclipse

SQL

APIs

Job description

The Role

• You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-quality software applications to ensure successful delivery of assigned projects (custom or product strategy) and change requests.
• SSD will be responsible for strategic design and mapping of business requirements and solutions into system/technical requirements as well as recommending best practices for solutions based on client business needs.
• SSD will also be responsible for writing technical specifications (for custom development, system integration, etc.) based on requirements directly from the customers and/or Business Analysts. These specifications will need to be precise and clear as the SSD will be collaborating with cross-functional teams such as technical lead, off-shore developers, testers and production support team.
• During project execution, SSD will support the Project Manager to initiate the project(s), contribute and support the project team with technical expertise to ensure successful delivery. SSD will be fully responsible for managing Domain level artifacts aligning to project methodology.

Client and service oriented, the Senior Software Developer monitors within a project the quality of the technical deliverables.

• Involve early in the project to perform workshops to capture client requirements and to follow project / product roadmap.
• Author Product Design and Technical Specifications and support Business Analysts during initial analysis, solution proposal and cost estimation
• Perform development estimations and impact analysis for functional stories as well as change requests
• Conduct project risk identification and mitigation action planning with the project manager
• Collaborate with Project Leads, Business Analysts and broader IT team to resolve issues and ensuring solutions are viable and consistent
• Provide technical guidance to off-shore application development team
• Develop medium to complex applications and ensure the product matches the technical specifications
• Perform various tests to ensure deliverable is working as expected (Unitary test, Integration test, System test)
• Provide support to clients in the user acceptance testing phase (enquiries, execute batch jobs in the simulation environment, resolve errors, etc.)

Professional Skills

• Knowledge of Private Banking and Wealth Management mainly on banking products such as Credit and Risk Systems.
• Sound knowledge & experience in latest development methodologies including Agile, DevOps
• Strong programming skills and well experienced in developing, designing, coding, testing and debugging
• Institutionalise and drive knowledge management processes across the product space
• Technical expertise : S2i Application, COBOL, DB2, GIT, GITLAB, SPLUNK, SQL, DBeaver, Eclipse. APIs & Digital Banking is a plus.

Transversal Skills

• Excellent interpersonal and customer-oriented skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and frequently changing priorities
• Strong analytical skills, organized, process driven and detail-oriented
• Problem solving and facilitation skills
• Committed team player and positive winning attitude

Other requirements

• Bachelors or higher degree in Engineering preferably in Computer Science/IT
• Experience in a banking environment is imperative, ideally Private Banking or Wealth Management.
• 10+ years of software development experience with a proven track record working with distributed delivery teams across geographies
• Knowledge of Credit and Risk
• S2i Application, COBOL, DB2, GIT, GITLAB, SPLUNK, DBeaver, Eclipse