Lead the design, development, maintenance, and support of high-volume business applications using RPG and IBM i technologies. Direct other developers, translate business requirements into system designs, analyze feasibility and impact, develop and debug programs, create test plans, and improve development methodologies. Coordinate project teams across the full project lifecycle while supporting mission-critical systems and business initiatives.
Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per week
Business Unit Overview
At New York Life Direct, you'll be joining the nation's #1 direct-to-consumer provider of life insurance. The AARP Life Insurance Program from New York Life is endorsed by AARP and is the only life insurance program developed exclusively for AARP members. Your work will help more Americans achieve greater financial security and peace of mind.
Role Overview
As a Senior Associate, Lead RPG Developer; your primary responsibilities will be to direct other developers and support the development and maintenance of cost-effective application software utilizing knowledge of tools, concepts, and principles to construct and deliver software in direct support of customer business needs across all internal development platforms.
What You'll Do
What You'll Bring
You'll have Project Management experience including the ability to coordinate, through the full project life cycle, the efforts of project team members including end-users, vendors and internal systems staff. You'll have strong analysis and design skills with a focus on system design and flow. You have experience with designing and implementing high volume, mission critical, productions systems. You are a team player. You can work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment. You are a self-starter with the ability to learn quickly through on the job experience working with a sense of urgency.
Required Skills
Preferred Skills
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $100,000-$130,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 95278
#BI-Hybrid
Business Unit Overview
At New York Life Direct, you'll be joining the nation's #1 direct-to-consumer provider of life insurance. The AARP Life Insurance Program from New York Life is endorsed by AARP and is the only life insurance program developed exclusively for AARP members. Your work will help more Americans achieve greater financial security and peace of mind.
Role Overview
As a Senior Associate, Lead RPG Developer; your primary responsibilities will be to direct other developers and support the development and maintenance of cost-effective application software utilizing knowledge of tools, concepts, and principles to construct and deliver software in direct support of customer business needs across all internal development platforms.
What You'll Do
- Interact with business and other Systems department personnel to design, develop and maintain business applications that effectively support the NYL/Tampa Operations business customers.
- Provide recommendations on methodology and development environment improvements. Use knowledge and experience in solving complex problems.
- Perform complex and varied programming, based on specifications, utilizing appropriate development tools, common routines and interfaces using internal development languages (i.e., RPG, Visual Basic, Java, C#, StreamSure, etc.).
- Design, develop, maintain and support multi-platform application systems to increase productivity and promote reusability.
- Develop a sequence of programming steps translating business model specifications into detailed system component specifications, including file design and operating instructions.
- Support the creation of test plans and debug programs.
- Analyze job requests from user departments for feasibility and impact on current applications systems.
- Perform other assignments to comply with business strategies and initiatives.
What You'll Bring
You'll have Project Management experience including the ability to coordinate, through the full project life cycle, the efforts of project team members including end-users, vendors and internal systems staff. You'll have strong analysis and design skills with a focus on system design and flow. You have experience with designing and implementing high volume, mission critical, productions systems. You are a team player. You can work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, multi-tasking environment. You are a self-starter with the ability to learn quickly through on the job experience working with a sense of urgency.
Required Skills
- 15-20 years of development experience in RPG/400, RPG-ILE, RPG Free
- 15-20 years of development experience in CL
- 15-20 years working experience in IBM DB2 and SQL
- 10-15 years working experience with Service Programs, ILE Modules, bound programs, binding directories, etc.
- 10-15 years working experience with exposing iSeries programs for web applications (stored procedures, webservices, etc.)
- Excellent leadership skills
Preferred Skills
- Working experience with Aldon Change Management tool
- Working experience with IBM WebSphere Development Studio Client (Eclipse)
- Experience in a Windows desktop environment
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $100,000-$130,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual's experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities-inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you'll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what's next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees - and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.Click hereto discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities. Click here to learn more about New York Life's leadership in this space.
Recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of www.NewYorkLife.com.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees' needs.
Job Requisition ID: 95278
#BI-Hybrid
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