Senior Software Engineer - Connex

We are seeking a talented Senior Connex Software Development Engineer to join our dynamic, cross-functional team, working within the SAFe methodology. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the advancement of payment technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in team prioritisation discussions with Product and Business stakeholders.
• Estimate and take ownership of delivery tasks,including design, development, testing, deployment, configuration, and documentation,to meet business requirements.
• Automate the build, operation, and running aspects of software development and testing.
• Drive code, design, and process trade-off discussions within the team as needed.
• Report on status and manage risks within the primary application or service.
• Drive integration of services with a focus on the customer journey and experience.
• Perform demonstrations and acceptance discussions when interacting with Product Owners.
• Understand operational and engineering experiences and actively work to improve experience and metrics within the area of ownership.
• Develop a complete understanding of end-to-end technical architecture and dependency systems.
• Drive the adoption of technology standards and opinionated frameworks, as well as review coding, testing, and automation work of team members.
• Mentor and guide new and less experienced team members.
• Identify opportunities to improve overall processes and eliminate waste.
• Share and seek knowledge within the Guild or Programme to drive reuse of patterns, libraries, and practices, thereby enhancing productivity.
• Contribute to the test strategy across projects, including BDD-style functional, system integration, and non-functional testing such as volume, performance, resilience, and availability.
• Design innovative test scenarios to uncover potential issues that may not be immediately evident to others.
• Lead online real time transaction switching and ATM acquiring testing activities across multiple platforms.
• Set up, maintain, and execute test automation frameworks across various application platforms.
• Identify opportunities for test automation, prioritising automation efforts based on risk assessment throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Ensure traceability from business requirements to acceptance criteria is established and demonstrable from the inception of the project.
• Drive innovation in automation across all application tiers, including UI, APIs, CLIs, Connex, HP NonStop, and database layers.
• Investigate and resolve technical issues reported by the customer support team.
• Bring experience in building comprehensive test scenarios and acceptance tests, collaborating within an iterative deployment environment.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Highly experienced in Connex on HP NonStop development background.
• Understanding of financial industry hardware such as ATM’s, HSM’s HP Nonstop and related standards and security requirements including PCI and OWASP.
• Excellent understanding of online transaction processing, including knowledge of ATM transaction processing.
• Experience of TCP/IP and communication protocols.
• Strong knowledge of TAL, COBOL, SCOBOL and TACL.
• Understanding of EMV and chip and PIN technology.
• Knowledge of HP Non-Stop protocols, security and utilities.
• Strong understanding of financial industry protocols including ISO8583, ISO20022, LIS5, VISA, MasterCard or ATM message protocols.
• Knowledge of some of GoldenGate, Electronic File Transfers, Java, UNIX, Spring, Hibernate, XML.
• Proven development experiences a solid background as a developer across various platforms.
• Proven technical testing experience within Agile environments, particularly with BDD methodologies.
• Hands-on automation testing expertise using open-source technologies such as Selenium, Cucumber, Gherkin, Spring, etc.
• Be comfortable with regular demonstrations to stakeholders and comfortable with pair programming.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent time management and organisational abilities.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive attitude.
• Genuine passion for testing, development, and technology design across diverse full stack platforms.
• Demonstrated experience in both functional and non-functional automated testing.