Senior Lead Application Developer

Senior Lead Developer

The Senior Lead Developer will be responsible for delivering high-quality solutions within a mainframe environment while supporting evolving technological needs. This role focuses primarily on mainframe application development, integration, and operational excellence, with a preference for candidates who also bring exposure to modern development stacks.

• Design, code, unit test, debug, and implement complex solutions across financial systems using approved tools and technologies, including legacy mainframe platforms and modern development stacks (e.g., Python, Pega, distributed services).
• Own complex coding efforts, technical designs, and technical decision-making for high-risk or high-impact work.
• Produce technical specifications, flow diagrams, and proof‑of‑concepts to evaluate solution options and technical feasibility.
• Ensure source control, build, and deployment activities follow established standards and approved processes.
• Provide selective technical review for critical or high-risk work items to ensure compliance with SDLC, secure coding, performance, and financial‑control standards.
• Serve as a technical escalation point for complex production and delivery issues, conducting root‑cause analysis and recommending corrective actions.
• Participate in on‑call production support rotations as required, focusing on issues exceeding routine support capabilities.
• Mentor onshore/offshore developers by providing technical guidance and knowledge transfer.
• Partner with the Offshore Liaison to clarify requirements, resolve technical issues, and reinforce standard development and documentation practices.
• Review selected deliverables to ensure alignment with approved designs and business requirements.
• Act as a technical authority across all financial systems, maintaining deep knowledge of cross‑application behavior, data flows, integrations, and processing dependencies.
• Serve as the primary point of consultation for complex functional or technical questions related to financial systems, including impacts across upstream and downstream applications.
• Provide guidance during project planning, issue resolution, audits, and modernization efforts by evaluating system-wide implications and risks.
• Maintain accurate technical documentation and operational procedures.
• Identify recurring issues, support trends, and operational inefficiencies through incident analysis and production metrics.
• Escalate high‑risk or aging work with documented impact and recommendations.
• Partner with the Team Leader to propose technical, process, or tooling improvements that improve delivery efficiency and reduce operational risk while maintaining system stability.
• Protect the company’s authority to do business by complying with legal and ethical standards, policies, and procedures.
• Follow all applicable Information Technology Management Policies.
• Support audit and compliance activities by ensuring technical artifacts, change records, and system documentation are complete, accurate, and aligned with SDLC and change‑management requirements.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Required skills:
  • Strong hands‑on experience with COBOL, JCL, SQL (DB2 or equivalent), VSAM, CICS, TSO/ISPF, z/OS Unix System Services (USS).
  • Solid understanding of mainframe architecture, batch/job scheduling, and performance tuning.
  • Self‑motivated with excellent verbal and written communication skills, and excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Advanced knowledge of enterprise financial systems and application support within regulated or audit‑driven environments.
  • Strong understanding of secure coding practices, SDLC, change management, and audit‑friendly development standards.
  • In‑depth knowledge of mainframe application development concepts, including batch processing, online transaction processing, and data integration.
  • Working knowledge of financial transaction processing and system dependencies across upstream and downstream applications.
  • Expert‑level analytical and problem‑solving skills for diagnosing and resolving complex, high‑impact production and delivery issues.
  • Strong hands‑on development and debugging skills using…