Senior Software Engineer - Adabas & Natural

Senior Software Engineer - Adabas & Natural

Job Description

Posted Monday, January 5, 2026 at 5:00 AM

Software AG helps companies to manage and optimize their operations, infrastructure and technology with products that simplify complexity, increase transparency and prepare organizations for change.

Trusted by the world’s best brands for more than 50 years, Software AG’s AI-enabled process intelligence, application development, high-performance database, and strategic portfolio management solutions are used by banks, retailers, manufacturers, governments and more.

Software AG’s Adabas database & Natural development platform are used by the world’s leading organizations to build and deploy high-performance, mission-critical applications for IBM Z®, Linux® and cloud. Governments and businesses (in finance, manufacturing, retail and more) tailor these applications to give their organization a distinct competitive advantage and optimize them to meet the most demanding operational service level agreements. With a pledge to innovate Adabas & Natural to 2050 and beyond, we ensure our customer’s mission‑critical Adabas & Natural applications are Future ready. Now.

We are looking for a highly motivated, intelligent, positive candidate eager to work in a mainframe environment with experienced developers that work on adding new features and enhancements to the Adabas mainframe product line which embraces new innovative technologies. Applicants must be someone who takes pride in constantly improving, is passionate about delivering quality software, has strong communication skills and is oriented to being part of a dynamic team, takes ownership and responsibility for their software deliverables and is able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Implementation and testing of new code and enhancements.
• Good analytic and debugging skills for maintaining existing code for various products.
• Complete preliminary testing, and actively provide guidance, direction, and collaboration for QA and documentation for new products or enhancements of existing products.
• Take ownership and ensure proactive analysis and testing of products to avoid problems.
• Contribution of creative and innovative ideas for products and features.
• Please note that this position does not involve management responsibilities.

About You

• At least 7-10 years professional software development experience.
• Strong time‑management skills, and the ability to manage complexities and competing priorities.
• Ability to combine judgment, experience, analytic and debugging skills, and business sense to make sound decisions.
• Very good interpersonal/communication skills and experience coordinating information and activities among groups with differing agendas, across multi‑functional areas.
• Strong experience and knowledge of mainframe Assembler (z13+) and IBM z/OS.
• Experience using automated testing tools.
• Ability to work in a diverse and geographically distributed team.

What’s in it for you?

• Earn competitive total compensation and receive comprehensive country‑specific medical and other benefits.
• Enjoy time and location flexibility with our Hybrid Working Model, which allows a remote workshare of up to 60%. Work anywhere in your country or abroad for up to 10 days per year.
• Set yourself up for success in your new role by upgrading your home office space using your one‑time hybrid work payment. Lean on the Employee Assistance Program for support during some of life’s most common but difficult challenges.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents. Your application should include a short cover letter, a CV in tabular form and your training and work references.

At Software AG we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and fairness where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, compensate, develop, promote, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.