Senior Mainframe Software Engineer

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Plano, TX, USA
In-Office
108K-173K Annually
Senior level
Software • Semiconductor • Manufacturing
The Role
The Senior Mainframe Software Engineer will design, develop, and modernize mainframe applications, ensuring code quality and collaborating in an Agile environment. Responsibilities include mentoring, automation of tasks, and leading engineering initiatives.
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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 - $172,800

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.  We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.

Skills Required

  • Proven Mainframe knowledge and skills
  • IBM Assembler Language proficiency
  • Eight or more years of experience in software development or related field
  • Proficiency in JCL
  • Experience with source control systems

Broadcom Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Broadcom and has not been reviewed or approved by Broadcom.

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is used broadly through RSUs with quarterly or annual vesting, and an ESPP with a discount and look‑back that can add meaningful upside. Company disclosures show ongoing equity grants, including inducement RSUs tied to acquisitions, underscoring equity’s central role in total rewards.
  • Retirement Support A 401(k) plan with a competitive company match and immediate vesting is consistently highlighted, supporting long‑term savings. Tax‑advantaged accounts like HSA/FSA further strengthen the financial wellness toolkit.
  • Pay Growth & Progression Compensation ceilings in technical tracks are described as high, with wide ranges and very strong totals for experienced engineers. Sales compensation is also characterized as competitive, supporting attractive on‑target earnings.

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The Company
HQ: San Jose, CA
38,985 Employees
Year Founded: 1991

What We Do

Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

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