Staff Engineer - Mainframes

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TJX, we strive to build a workplace where our Associates' contributions are welcomed and are embedded in our purpose to provide excellent value to our customers every day. At TJX India, we take a long-term view of your career. We have a high-performance culture that rewards Associates with career growth opportunities, preferred assignments, and upward career advancement. We take well-being very seriously and are committed to offering a great work-life balance for all our Associates.

What you will discover:

• Inclusive culture and career growth opportunities

• A truly Global IT Organization that collaborates across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.

• Challenging, collaborative, and team-based environment

Our Organization:

The Global Point of Sale (POS) and Payments Solution Delivery organization is responsible for delivering technology solutions to drive growth, enable efficiency, and improve the customer experience at the front-line in our stores. We innovate globally across all TJX banners to ensure a first-class transaction process for our customers (sales, returns, and exchanges), enable payment processing and TJX rewards programs, facilitate downstream sales audit and financial reporting, and much more!

We are on a mission to modernize our solutions, which include extending our solutions globally and exploring alternative and mobile checkout solutions. We aspire to align with our global partners to deliver high value products and streamlined experiences to our customers and associates. Our commitment is to lead the way, empowering our team to drive efficiencies, grow skills, and deliver great solutions.

We are expanding our organizational footprint, and need your help to accomplish our vision! You will have a real opportunity to be a part of driving over $50B in annual revenue and make our stores a destination that our customers love.

What you will do:

We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Engineer with deep expertise in mainframe technologies, Sales Audit, and Point of Sale (POS) systems. In this strategic role, you will lead the design, development, and evolution of business-critical functionality across our downstream mainframe platforms, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and operational excellence.

As a Staff Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader and mentor, driving architectural decisions, influencing engineering standards, and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. You will play a key role in shaping the future of our sales reporting and auditing systems, while guiding teams through complex technical challenges and modernization efforts.Design, develop, and maintain mainframe-based solutions supporting downstream POS processes such as Sales Audit, Tax Configuration, and Sales Reporting.

• Architect, design, and lead the implementation of mainframe-based solutions supporting downstream POS processes such as Sales Audit, Tax Configuration, and Sales Reporting.

• Provide technical leadership across multiple initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business goals.

• Guide and mentor engineers, promoting best practices in coding, testing, and DevSecOps.

• Lead the creation and review of detailed technical specifications and high-complexity design documents.

• Oversee the execution of JCL jobs, test data creation, and file comparisons in non-production environments.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to estimate, plan, and deliver high-impact technical solutions.

• Drive continuous improvement in system performance, reliability, and maintainability.

• Ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI, and TJX IT standards.

• Act as a key contributor in Agile/Kanban ceremonies and technical planning sessions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience with COBOL, JCL, and mainframe development.

• 4+ years of experience with DB2, Stored Procedures, and IMS environments, including checkpoint/restart logic.

• Expertise in CICS programming, Expeditor, and CICS map development.

• Proficiency with tools such as SPUFI, FILE-AID, Changeman, and Control-M.

• Deep understanding of Sales Audit systems, downstream data flows, and retail transaction processing.

• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams.

• Strong knowledge of source code management, CI/CD, and DevSecOps practices.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile methodologies.

• Ability to work independently and influence across teams and functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale retail or global enterprise environments.

• Knowledge of tax configuration systems and compliance reporting.

• Exposure to hybrid mainframe-cloud integration strategies or modernization efforts.

In addition to our open door policy and supportive work environment, we also strive to provide a competitive salary and benefits package. TJX considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status, or based on any individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. TJX also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.

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