(Senior) Mainframe Software Engineer (all genders) #natural #cobol #adabas

Make a difference in the financial life of millions of people: At Erste Digital you are co-creating the digital future, in which better financial health is possible. #believeinyourself

We are part of Erste Group – the largest banking group in Central and Eastern Europe with more than 2,500 branches and over 45,000 employees. Our more than 2,000 IT experts and enthusiasts are the bank's Digital Muscle. 

With top notch technology, we drive the realization offers the Group’s vision: To provide human banking in digital times, and to build Financial Health for over 16 million customers in the CEE region.
We aim to attract and develop the best talent and aspire to be an IT employer beyond compare.

Our experienced team is responsible for one of the largest databases of our company and further 20 applications, which are mainly developed and maintained on mainframe where large amounts of data and performance are our daily challenges. 

The smooth operation of our products is rounded off by fault analyses and troubleshooting, so that know-how regarding banking business is not neglected either. This means insights into practically all "corners" of banking IT through our close cooperation with infrastructure, George and payment transactions up to the DWH.

We are looking for an engaged and enthusiastic (Senior) Software Developer Mainframe to join our team help shape our applications for the future by building efficient and stable libraries and state of the art microservices which you will also get in contact with.

What to do

• Proficiency in Natural/Adabas
• Comfort working in a mainframe environment and familiarity with decentralized programmers, as well as a strong interest in leveraging AI-assisted development tools
• Ability to collaborate with decentralized programmers on an equal footing
• Strong knowledge of application lifecycle, including planning, requirements analysis, implementation, and operation

You check these boxes

• Softskills:

  • Ability to work in a team, reliability and resilience characterize you, as well as self-motivation and the ability to analyze complex contexts and to explain them in a generally understandable way

  • Ability to iterate quickly without sacrificing quality and attention to detail

  • A passion of improving existing systems as well as creating "Functional & Technical Specifications" and the corresponding software and process documentation

  • A commitment for learning and sharing knowledge with others

  • A team player who is comfortable working in agile teams and taking responsibility for defined tasks

  • Strong communication skills in both German and English, with the ability to express your values and opinions clearly

  • Occasional night or weekend duties do not deter you

• Hardskills:

  • Track record of several years of work experience preferably in the banking industry

  • Mainframe Development Skills: experience in software development and knowledge of Cobol/DB2, ADABAS/Natural, SQL, CICS, ISPF, JCL (on IBM Mainframe zOS)

  • Development of secure and fault-tolerant software

  • SQL databases (Oracle, Postgres, ...)

  • Application-Lifecycle knowledge (planning, requirements analysis, implementation & operation)

• Bonusskills:

  • Infrastructure (servers, networks, ...) and operating systems

  • Operations architecture and application monitoring

  • Microservices design and implementation

  • Coding & modernisation with support of AI

  • Agile toolchain (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket/git)

  • Ideally, knowledge of the bank's basic business and its projects

Why you will like us

• The opportunity to work in a progressive banking IT area and to develop your own areas of responsibility and to take on responsibility yourself
• Care, collegial working atmosphere characterized by mutual appreciation, team spirit and fun at work
• Possibility to benefit and learn from our international, talented and passionate community at Erste
• Great learning curve through ownership and creative freedom
• Interest groups and clubs: Take part in discussions and get involved in projects. Numerous interest groups invite you to engage with a topic
• Good food: Healthy nutrition and good food are important for our quality of life. With seven restaurants and cafeterias, there’s something to suit every taste on the Erste Campus
• Health Center – The Erste Campus operates a fully equipped health center that offers all employees a high standard of medical services during working hours
• New way of work: With our flexible working hours model we want to make your life less complicated. Combing the best of both worlds, remote and company time
• Employee benefits – Benefit from special conditions for financial services and insurances, supermarkets, clothing stores and many more
• Employee Referral Program – Become a talent scout for career opportunities in IT. We are rewarding every successful referral for Erste Digital
• Language courses for German & English – Learning a new language unites. We support you with appropriate language courses where you participate together with your colleagues
• Visa Sponsoring – We support our employees with all the formalities associated with a relocation
• Work-Life-Balance – Home office, paternity leave, sabbatical, sports courses -– we support you in balancing work, family and leisure time
• We have to state the minimum wage for this full-time position in accordance with the collective agreement which is EUR 64.554,-- gross per year. But this is just a formality - we would be happy to talk about your actual salary expectation in person!

The way we are

Erste Group considers the diversity of its employees as key to innovation and success. As employer we are proud to offer everyone equal chances, irrespective of age, skin colour, religious belief, gender, sexual orientation or origin.