The Brokerage Record Technology Tax Engineering team within Wealth Technology is looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Mainframe Software Engineer to help design, enhance, and modernize our mission critical tax processing systems. You will collaborate closely with architecture, product, and business partners to build reliable, scalable solutions that support brokerage and tax processing platforms.
As a Senior Mainframe Software Engineer, you will quickly develop a deep understanding of our mainframe ecosystem including core applications, data flows, integrations, and end-to-end processing. You will be a key technical leader focused on engineering excellence, platform modernization, and ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of high volume, business critical systems.
Deep hands on expertise with COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, batch/online processing, IOM, and enterprise batch scheduling tools.
Extensive experience designing, engineering, and optimizing mission critical mainframe applications.
Advanced SQL proficiency across DB2, Oracle, and/or Postgres with strong data analysis and performance debugging skills.
Proven experience modernizing legacy mainframe systems and integrating with distributed or cloud architectures.
Ability to deliver complex end to end technical solutions, including specifications, integration designs, and documentation.
Strong Agile background with the ability to mentor teams and influence technical direction.
Exceptional analytical, debugging, and cross functional collaboration skills.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years of experience (advanced experience preferred).
Define and implement application and system level architectures for high performance, resilient mainframe environments.
Design and develop complex applications, frameworks, and subsystems while providing technical leadership across multiple areas.
Recommend development tools, testing frameworks, and engineering methodologies to improve quality and productivity.
Ensure production readiness, quality assurance, performance, and compliance with enterprise standards.
Author comprehensive documentation including architecture diagrams, integration specs, and modernization playbooks.
Lead full project lifecycle planning and execution for large scale, cross platform initiatives.
Identify engineering risks and drive mitigation strategies to ensure system resilience.
Plan and coordinate complex workstreams, managing cross team schedules and dependencies.
Serve as a senior liaison to business and technology partners, translating requirements and resolving technical issues.
Champion production stability by proactively monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving system issues, driving root cause analysis, and ensuring 24/7 reliability for mission critical brokerage and tax processing workloads.