Senior Mainframe Software Engineer

About This Role

• Broadcom's Mainframe Software Division is looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer with a passion for building high-quality applications using agile practices to join our team.
• We are building an ecosystem of tools and principles to help our Mainframe product teams deliver high-quality, accessible, and consistent software.
• This role is for a hands-on engineer who will work at the intersection of design and development to modernize our enterprise software products.
• People who do well on this team are self-motivated engineers with a passion for our business and for technology innovation.
• This position is concentrated on the mainframe platform, with development in Assembler language. #Broadcomsoftware In this role, you will: Design and develop: Create high-quality software design and architecture for applications on the mainframe platform.
• Build and implement: Produce, test, and debug functional software solutions, leveraging your Mainframe expertise to modernize our enterprise software.
• Collaborate: Partner with product management and fellow software engineers in an Agile environment to define software requirements and deliver solutions.
• Automate: Increase efficiency by automating tasks through appropriate tools and scripting.
• Drive innovation: Contribute to a fast-paced environment with a passion for continuous improvement and technology innovation.
• Key Responsibilities: Collaboration and Leadership: Collaborate with other product SW Engineers to share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned.
• Performing validation and verification testing.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide them in their professional growth.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to efficiently collaborate with multiple teams across geographically diverse areas.
• Experience working in an Agile development methodology and an understanding of DevOps principles.
• Engineering Excellence Initiatives: Take the lead in engineering excellence initiatives, promoting best practices, code quality, and technical debt reduction.
• Contribute to retrospectives and actively address impediments to team productivity.
• Ensuring software is up-to date with latest technologies.
• Continue to build Mainframe expertise and keep abreast of new technology, processes, systems, and tools.
• Required Skills & Competencies: Proven Mainframe knowledge and skills.
• IBM Assembler Language (HLASM) proficiency. z/OS Operating system familiarity.
• Experience working with CA 1 Flexible Storage, Vtape, DASD Storage Management, DFSMS, Allocate, DFShsm, DFSrmm and/or other mainframe storage products and systems is a plus.
• Source control systems experience (Endevor / ISPW / etc.) Experience with online z/OS debugger is desirable (XDC / SLD).
• Strong analytical, problem solving and debugging skills.
• Proficiency in Metal C (or PL/X), and JCL.
• Scripting language experience is desirable.
• Experience in developing authorized code is desirable.
• Preferred Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent in a related field.
• Work Experience: Eight or more years of experience in software development or a related field.
• Business Travel and Physical Demands: No (or minimal) business travel is expected for this position.
• Office environment.
• No special physical demands are required.
• Why join our team? At Broadcom, we value engineers who are self-motivated, passionate, and driven to innovate.
• Our team offers: High impact: The opportunity to have a significant impact on our Mainframe product teams by building the foundational tools that modernize our software.
• Great team culture: The Mainframe Software Division is known for its collaborative and supportive workplace culture.
• Competitive compensation: We offer competitive salaries, valuable equity options, and comprehensive benefits.
• Additional Job Description: Compensation and Benefits The annual base salary range for this position is $108,000 - $172,800 This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.
• Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time.
• The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.
• We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.
• If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.