Software Engineer
Posted 25 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Principal Software Engineer – IBM z/OS Connectivity”
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- Expected experience
- 10+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Remote
No salary listed for this role.
**OUR MISSION
**At Redwood, we empower our customers with lights-out automation for their mission-critical business processes.
ABOUT US
Redwood Software is the leading orchestration platform for the autonomous enterprise, driving business transformation at the lowest total cost of ownership. Redwood empowers organizations to intelligently automate and orchestrate mission-critical business and IT processes across complex ERP, hybrid cloud, data and emerging agentic AI systems. Through its SaaS-first automation fabric—with AI embedded across the automation lifecycle—Redwood accelerates the path to autonomous operations. Backed by 30 years of experience and trusted by more than 50% of the Fortune 50, Redwood helps organizations unlock human potential to focus on innovation, growth and what’s next.
CORE VALUES
One Team. One Redwood
Make Your Own Weather
Obsess over Customer Success
Work the Problem
Be Curious
Own the Outcome
Respect Each Other
YOUR IMPACT
As a Software Engineer – Principal, IBM z/OS Connectivity, you will help build a new connectivity agent that extends Redwood RunMyJobs (RMJ) natively onto IBM z/OS, enabling Redwood to support some of the largest enterprise automation environments in the market. You will work on systems-level engineering spanning custom wire protocols, cryptography, and a native platform bridge into JES, RACF/SAF, SMF, TSO, and z/OS UNIX System Services (USS), delivered as a Java agent that integrates with the Redwood platform through clean, versioned extension points. This position is open across levels from Software Engineer to Principal as we build out the team.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain native software supporting connectivity and integration with IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
- Build integrations with core mainframe technologies, including C/JNI, JES2/JES3 job submission and monitoring, TSO command execution via background TMP, and SMF-based event monitoring.
- Integrate security and per-user authorization while extending Redwood’s existing identity and credential management capabilities.
- Develop and maintain systems-level capabilities involving custom wire protocols, cryptography, and native z/OS platform integration.
- Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across mainframe, Unix, and Java environments.
- Improve the reliability, performance, security, and scalability of Redwood’s mainframe solutions.
- Partner with product managers, architects, and engineers to translate customer requirements into effective technical solutions.