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Senior Software Engineer – RPG Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company Name<\/strong><\/td>\nMarkerstudy Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job Role<\/strong><\/td>\nSenior Software Engineer – RPG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Qualifications<\/strong><\/td>\nNot specified<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Category<\/strong><\/td>\nI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Job Type<\/strong><\/td>\nFull Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Location<\/strong><\/td>\nManchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Requirements<\/h2>\n

What we're looking for<\/h3>\n
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  • Significant experience as a professional IBM RPG Developer <\/li>\n
  • Proficiency in RPG coding, using modern IDE (VS Code) <\/li>\n
  • Experience integrating RPG applications with web services (REST\/SOAP)<\/li>\n
  • Familiarity with APIs, JSON\/XML parsing, and data transformation<\/li>\n
  • Strong experience with RPGLE (free and fixed format), including modern free-format syntax.<\/li>\n
  • Proficiency in IBM i (AS\/400, iSeries) environment and tools (e.g., SEU, RDi, ACS, PDM, CL, VS Code).<\/li>\n
  • Experience with service programs, modules, procedures, and sub-procedures.<\/li>\n
  • Knowledge of data structures, arrays, and error handling in RPGLE.<\/li>\n
  • Ability to read, maintain, and refactor legacy RPG (III\/IV) code.<\/li>\n
  • Familiarity with job control, batch processing, and interactive programs.<\/li>\n
  • Version control usage (e.g., Git, Aldon).<\/li>\n
  • Experience designing and delivering complex software features, components, integrations or systems in a production environment. <\/li>\n
  • Good understanding of software architecture and design principles, APIs, data, security, performance, resilience and maintainability. <\/li>\n
  • Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle and experience working in an agile delivery environment. <\/li>\n
  • Practical experience of unit testing, automated testing, source control, CI\/CD and code-review practices. <\/li>\n
  • Work independently to manage tasks, timelines, and deliverables with minimal supervision.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Pay & benefits<\/h2>\n

    What you'll get<\/h3>\n
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    • A collaborative and fast paced work environment<\/li>\n
    • Health care cash plan<\/li>\n
    • Yearly bonus scheme<\/li>\n
    • 24 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays and the ability to buy additional leave (annual leave also increases with service)<\/li>\n
    • Life Assurance 4x annual salary<\/li>\n
    • Vibrant, modern offices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      The role<\/h2>\n

      Markerstudy Group have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer to join.<\/p>\n

      This is a hybrid role with the requirement to work two days a week from either our Manchester or Peterborough office.<\/p>\n

      What you'll do<\/h3>\n
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      • Develop, test, deploy and support high-quality software features, components, integrations and systems, with particular focus on larger or more complex items.<\/li>\n
      • Take end-to-end ownership of assigned engineering work, from clarification and design through implementation, testing, release and operational support.<\/li>\n
      • Break down complex work and provide reasoned estimates, identifying dependencies, assumptions, risks and areas requiring further investigation.<\/li>\n
      • Produce proportionate technical designs, decision records and documentation in collaboration with the squad and relevant technical stakeholders.<\/li>\n
      • Apply software development lifecycle processes, engineering standards, security controls and agreed ways of working consistently.<\/li>\n
      • Write maintainable production code and automated tests, with a focus on quality, performance, resilience, security and operability.<\/li>\n
      • Constructively review the work of other engineers through pairing, code collaboration and peer review.<\/li>\n
      • Support the planning and successful delivery of squad commitments, communicating progress, issues and technical risks openly.<\/li>\n
      • Coach and support Software Engineers and Junior Software Engineers through practical technical guidance, without undertaking formal line-management duties.<\/li>\n
      • Identify technical debt, defects and improvement opportunities, agreeing practical actions with the squad and technical leadership.<\/li>\n
      • Collaborate with product, delivery, testing, architecture, security and operational colleagues to achieve agreed business and customer outcomes.<\/li>\n
      • Support production incidents and problem investigation, helping the team resolve root causes and embed learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Role Purpose<\/h3>\n

        The Senior Software Engineer is an experienced hands-on engineer who analyses, designs, develops, tests, deploys and supports software within a squad. The role takes ownership of larger and more complex work, contributes to technical design and helps the squad deliver secure, reliable and maintainable software.<\/p>\n

        Senior Software Engineers raise the capability of colleagues through pairing, peer review, coaching and knowledge-sharing, but have no formal people-management accountability. They are accountable for their own delivery and for positively influencing the engineering outcomes of the squad.<\/p>\n

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