Senior OpenEdge Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Progress OpenEdge Developer to maintain and evolve a legacy application critical to our business operations. This role is an opportunity to work independently within your expertise while collaborating with other developers to ensure stable, high-quality delivery.

The position emphasizes strong Progress OpenEdge and SQL skills, disciplined unit testing, and a solid understanding of the full software development lifecycle (SDLC). You will contribute to releases, support, and ongoing improvement of established patterns and practices.
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Responsibilities

Maintain, debug, and enhance a legacy Progress OpenEdge application

Develop and execute unit tests to ensure code quality and regressions are prevented

Design and implement solutions following established SDLC practices and team patterns

Conduct integration testing and assist with software releases and validation

Participate in code and design reviews and provide clear technical documentation

Support incident resolution, production support, and blameless post-incident reviews

Collaborate with peers to develop reusable code modules and patterns

Mentor and assist junior team members in understanding and completing assignments

Requirements

5-7 years of experience in a professional software engineering or similar role 

Strong proficiency developing applications using Progress OpenEdge

Strong knowledge working with SQL databases and SQL database management systems

Experience conducting unit tests using unit testing methodologies and best practices

Understanding of the full software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Experience with the programming languages, frameworks, or platforms used by the team such as C# , JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Angular, or AWS

Experience conducting integration tests and assisting with software releases and ongoing support

Familiarity with Agile practices, including user stories, backlog refinement, and sprint planning

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline (preferred)

Nice to have

Experience developing software modules or patterns for reuse

Experience developing for a cloud environment or cloud provider certification (AWS)

Experience supporting CI/CD

Agile certification

Experience providing thought leadership and mentoring others

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