Mainframe Lead

Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Mainframe Lead to lead the design, development, and delivery of mainframe solutions. The role requires strong hands-on technical expertise along with the ability to guide a team and ensure high-quality, secure, and reliable production delivery. Key ResponsibilitiesLead technical design and development of mainframe components, interfaces, and enhancements.Translate requirements into technical tasks, estimates, sequencing, and acceptance criteria.Be hands-on with complex or high-risk development activities.Ensure solutions meet performance, security, reliability, and maintainability standards.Guide developers on technical approach, coding standards, and design decisions.Conduct code reviews, design walkthroughs, defect triage, and knowledge-sharing sessions.Mentor team members and strengthen overall mainframe capability.Define and ensure unit, integration, and regression testing standards.Own build, release, deployment readiness, rollback, and production verification.Drive root-cause analysis, defect prevention, and permanent fixes.Collaborate with architects, BAs, QA, DevOps, and support teams.Participate in Agile ceremonies, planning, estimation, and dependency management.Maintain technical documentation, standards, and reusable assets. Must-Have Requirements10+ years of software engineering experience with strong Mainframe expertise.Proven experience as a Mainframe Technical Lead / Lead Engineer.Experience leading small to mid-sized technical teams.Strong hands-on development and technical design experience.Experience across the full software delivery lifecycle.Strong focus on code quality, testing, production stability, and troubleshooting.Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.