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Senior Mainframe Software Engineer

Broadcom
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Mar 2026
💰 $172,800/yr($108,000/yr$172,800/yr)

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Job Description:

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. We are building an ecosystem of tools and principles to help our Mainframe product teams deliver high-quality, accessible, and consistent software. This role is for a hands-on engineer who will work at the intersection of design and development to modernize our enterprise software products.

People who do well on this team are self-motivated engineers with a passion for our business and for technology innovation.

This position is concentrated on the mainframe platform, with development in Assembler language.

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In this role, you will:

  • 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 your Mainframe expertise to modernize our 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. 

Key Responsibilities:

Collaboration and Leadership:

  • Collaborate with other product SW Engineers to share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned.
  • Performing validation and verification testing.
  • Mentor junior engineers and guide them in their professional growth.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to efficiently collaborate with multiple teams across geographically diverse areas.
  • Experience working in an Agile development methodology and an understanding of DevOps principles.

Engineering Excellence Initiatives:

  • Take the lead in engineering excellence initiatives, promoting best practices, code quality, and technical debt reduction.
  • Contribute to retrospectives and actively address impediments to team productivity.
  • Ensuring software is up-to date with latest technologies. Continue to build Mainframe expertise and keep abreast of new technology, processes, systems, and tools.

Required Skills & Competencies:

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

Preferred Education:

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

Work Experience:

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

Business Travel and Physical Demands:

  • No (or minimal) business travel is expected for this position.
  • Office environment. No special physical demands are required.

Why join our team?

At Broadcom, we value engineers who are self-motivated, passionate, and driven to innovate. Our team offers: 

  • High impact: The opportunity to have a significant impact on our Mainframe product teams by building the foundational tools that modernize our software.
  • Great team culture: The Mainframe Software Division is known for its collaborative and supportive workplace culture.
  • Competitive compensation: We offer competitive salaries, valuable equity options, and comprehensive benefits. 

Additional Job Description:

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is $108,000 - $1

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