Coolgen

Roles & Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical designs and specifications
• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain applications using CoolGen / CA Gen / COOL:Gen
• Create detailed high- and low-level designs, data models, interface designs, and integration strategies
• Work with legacy systems, mainframes, and modern systems in hybrid landscapes
• Integrate CoolGen-based modules with other systems (e.g. via APIs, message queues, middleware)
• Lead or mentor junior CoolGen developers, reviewing their design and code
• Enforce development best practices, coding standards, design patterns, version control, etc.
• Perform performance tuning, optimization, and debugging of CoolGen-generated applications
• Conduct unit tests, integration tests, and assist with system testing
• Participate in code reviews, architecture reviews, and design workshops
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: business analysts, QA, operations, enterprise architects
• Maintain technical documentation (design docs, interface specs, runbooks)
• Support migration, modernization, or transformation initiatives (e.g. moving from legacy to newer tech)
• Troubleshoot production issues, provide rootcause analysis, and deliver fixes
• Stay updated on latest industry trends, tools, techniques relevant to CoolGen / enterprise systems

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong experience in CoolGen / CA Gen / COOL:Gen development
• Deep understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.)
• Experience with mainframes, COBOL, JCL, or other legacy systems integration
• Knowledge of relational databases (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server) and writing efficient SQL
• Experience with middleware, messaging, APIs, integration (e.g. MQ, REST, web services)
• Ability to design modular, maintainable, scalable software architecture
• Good debugging, problem-solving, performance tuning skills
• Version control systems (e.g. Git, SVN, etc.)
• Familiarity with test practices, unit testing, regression testing
• Strong communication skills able to work with business & technical stakeholders
• Good documentation skills

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience in modernizing legacy applications (e.g. migrating CoolGen modules to microservices)
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Experience with DevOps / CICD, automation
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, shell scripts)
• Understanding of enterprise architecture patterns
• Experience in quality assurance, test automation