R&D Software Engineer

Broadcom • Durham, IL

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About The Position

Broadcom’s Mainframe Software Division (MSD) is looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer with a passion for building high-quality applications using agile practices to join our Mainframe Security and Compliance team. In this role, you will be a key member of the development team and will focus on building, testing, and supporting leading-edge Mainframe Security solutions used by many of the world’s largest companies. The R&D Software Engineer 4 will perform complex code modification, testing, and debugging tasks, as well as provide high-level analysis related to software design and development. The person in this role is expected to technically lead a small team, advising, mentoring, and coaching more junior developers and partnering with stakeholders such as Product Owners, Solution Architects, etc. Work Location: Lisle, IL

Requirements

• At least 8+ years of experience testing modern large-scale software and complex test configurations
• Has mastered the basics of operating as a developer in the IBM mainframe environment
• Experience debugging with tools like XDC, IPCS
• Experience in software development using IBM Assembler/Metal C on the mainframe (zOS or zVSE) platform
• Experience in implementing JCL to execute batch processes in zOS or zVSE
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or higher or global equivalent in a software-related field
• 8+ years of experience in software development or a related field
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required

Nice To Haves

• Additional experience in one or more of the following programming languages: IBM C, ISPF CLIST, REXX, RESTful APIs and Object-Oriented programming

Responsibilities

• Applying your past experience to inform the product roadmap
• Experimenting with new technologies that improve our software
• Adopt a test-first approach to software development in which, where possible, the test is developed before the code
• Participate in design and code reviews with other engineers
• Participate in test plan reviews
• Mentor Junior team members
• Perform unit/module testing of software
• Actively support and contribute to end of iteration demos
• Responsible for assigned integration, testing, and deployment tasks
• Actively foster continuous team improvement in self and team: Contribute to team retrospectives; help to identify and resolve team impediments
• Take ownership of problems and continuously strive to become a better problem solver
• Write and maintain documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing, changes, and corrections

Benefits

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level