Software Engineer III - IBM i (AS/400) Engineer

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 JPMorganChase within the Commercial & Investment Bank - Digital & Platform Services, 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.

Job responsibilities

• 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

• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems

• Leverages enterprise-authorized AI coding assist tools within the work environment to improve code quality, delivery speed, and productivity across complex deliverables (e.g., code generation/refactoring, unit test creation, documentation), while validating outputs through peer review, automated testing, and secure coding standards; contributes learnings and reusable patterns to improve broader team effectiveness.
• Applies knowledge of tools within the Software Development Life Cycle toolchain, including enterprise-authorized AI-assisted development and automation capabilities, to improve the value realized by automation.

• 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

• Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

• Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience 

• Hands-on experience using enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development tools within the work environment (e.g., for coding, test creation, troubleshooting, or documentation) with demonstrated ability to critically evaluate, validate, and refine AI-generated outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

• Understanding of responsible AI use in engineering workflows, including data sensitivity considerations, secure handling of inputs/outputs, and adherence to resiliency and security expectations; ability to guide peers on safe and effective usage within team practices.

• IBM iSeries (AS/400) development experience; DB2 for i — files, views, indexes, triggers, stored procedures.

• LANSA / Visual LANSA IDE development and LANSA upgrade planning & execution. 

• IBM MQ and CDC Replication (InfoSphere CDC / IIDR or equivalent).

• Java & Python on IBM i (PASE environment).

• Debugging — STRDBG, STRISDB, Service Entry Points, job logs, Visual Explain, remote Java/Python debug

• Sustained resiliency & maintenance — HA/DR support, PTF management, performance tuning, technical debt remediation.

• Git version control (Bitbucket/GitHub), Aldon LMI, Robot Scheduling, ServiceNow.

• AI-powered tools — GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude agents; prompt engineering for legacy code analysis.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Strong proficiency in CLP, CLLE, RPGLE, SQLRPGLE, LANSA, Visual LANSA IDE development (free-format preferred). 

• Experience with ILE concepts, service programs, and modular application design; Exposure to web services (REST/SOAP) from IBM i or Python/Java.

• Knowledge of data areas, data queues, and inter-process communication on IBM I; Familiarity with IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS) and Navigator; Experience with IBM Rational Developer for i (RDi) or VS Code with Code for IBM i extension

• Hands-on experience with HA/DR tools (e.g., MIMIX, iTera, Quick-EDD, or IBM PowerHA)

• ITIL foundation knowledge for service management and change advisory processes

• Experience integrating AI tools into CI/CD pipelines or automated code review workflows; Understanding of AI governance, responsible use policies, and data privacy considerations when using LLMs with enterprise code

• SAFe or other scaled Agile framework experience; Understanding of CI/CD pipelines in an IBM i context