Senior Mainframe Software Engineer

Software Engineer – Mainframe (Assembler)

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. This role focuses on modernizing enterprise software products on the mainframe platform by developing in Assembler language.

• 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 mainframe expertise to modernize 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.
• Collaboration and Leadership: Share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned with other product SW Engineers; perform validation and verification testing; mentor junior engineers; communicate efficiently across geographically diverse teams; experience in Agile and Dev Ops principles.
• Engineering Excellence Initiatives: Lead initiatives promoting best practices, code quality, technical debt reduction; contribute to retrospectives and address impediments; keep software up to date with latest technologies; build mainframe expertise.

• Proven mainframe knowledge and skills.
• IBM Assembler Language (HLASM) proficiency.
• z/OS Operating System familiarity.
• Experience with CA 1 Flexible Storage, Vtape, DASD Storage Management, DFSMS, Allocate, DFShsm, DFSrmm and/or other mainframe storage products and systems.
• Source control systems experience (Endevor / ISPW / etc.).
• Experience with online z/OS debugger (XDC / SLD) is desirable.
• 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.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent in a related field.

Eight or more years of experience in software development or a related field.

No (or minimal) business travel is expected. Office environment. No special physical demands required.

Annual base salary range: $108,000 – $172,800. Eligible for discretionary annual bonus and equity per plan documents. Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision plans; 401(k) participation with company matching;
Employee Stock Purchase Program;
Employee Assistance Program; company‑paid holidays; paid sick leave and vacation; paid family leave and other leaves as applicable.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.