Mainframe Software Engineer III - Cobol, CICS, DB, VSAM

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

As a Software Engineer III at JPMorgan

Chase within the Commercial and Investment Bank in Mainframe technology team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market‑leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

• Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and related technologies.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement changes.
• Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure high‑quality deliverables.
• Support production systems, troubleshoot issues, and provide timely resolutions.
• Document technical specifications and maintain system documentation.
• Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
• Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

• Formal training or certification on system design concepts and 3+ years applied experience.
• Hands‑on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages – experience in software development, with a focus on mainframe technologies.
• Proficiency in mainframe programming languages and tools, including COBOL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM.
• Familiarity with mainframe development environments and batch processing.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
• Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

• Experience in the financial services industry, with a strong preference for post‑trade processing.
• Experience with additional mainframe technologies and tools.
• Exposure to non‑mainframe programming languages or platforms (such as Java, .NET, Python, etc.) is a plus, but not required.

JPMorgan

Chase, one of the oldest financial institutions, offers innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers, small businesses and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands. Our history spans over 200 years and today we are a leader in investment banking, consumer and small business banking, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission‑based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility.

These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on‑site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition…