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.
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, from requirements and ticket analysis through development, testing, documentation, infrastructure coordination, deployment, and release support.
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
Use AI-assisted development tools and agents to write code, debug, improve productivity, and understand existing codebases.
Work effectively with shared repository tooling such as Git, GitHub, pull requests, branching strategies, code reviews, and repository checks.
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), including requirements, tickets, documentation, development, testing, infrastructure coordination, deployment, release, and production support.
Hands-on experience resolving production issues, support requests, service tickets, or similar operational responsibilities.
Experience using AI tooling for software development, including code generation, debugging, code review support, and using AI agents or assistants to understand existing codebases.
Experience with shared repository tooling and collaborative development workflows, including Git, GitHub or similar platforms, pull requests, code reviews, branch management, and repository checks.
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
Engagement & Logistics
Engagement Length: 12 months or more
Time Zone: EST
Overtime Required: Yes (9-4PM EST, but the time is flexible)
Equipment: Provided by client
Selection Process
Meeting with Resilient Co. team.
Client Internal interview
Cultural Fit Interview
Final interview with the client.