RPG Developer

Triple Wimbledon champion Fred Perry founded his brand in 1952\. He was the son of a cotton spinner, who played and fought his way through, always with style – and despite the establishment. Today, Fred Perry is a global community of over 370 employees, all inspired by the Laurel Wreath and what it represents

PURPOSE:

The RPG Developer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining business applications on the IBM i (AS/400\) platform using RPG, CL, and related technologies. The role involves analysing user requirements, creating efficient and reliable programs, and ensuring smooth integration with other enterprise systems.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain and enhance existing IBM i applications to meet changing business needs.


• Analyse, design, code, test, and implement programs using RPG (RPG IV / ILE RPG / Free\-Format RPG) on IBM i.


• Develop and optimize CL programs, SQL queries, and data access routines.


• Collaborate with systems analysts, business users, 3rd party vendors and other developers to gather and refine requirements.


• Perform system analysis and debugging to resolve production issues and improve performance.


• Develop and maintain technical documentation including program specifications and change logs.


• Support integration between IBM i applications and other enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, web services).


• Participate in system upgrades, migrations, and modernization projects.


• Ensure compliance with security, data integrity, and change management policies.


• Provide user support and training for IBM i–based applications.


• Document Support Ticket resolutions in the IT centralised knowledge base repository

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience).


• Willingness to learn and adapt to evolving IBM i technologies.


• IBM or relevant professional certifications (e.g., IBM Certified RPG Developer) are advantageous


• Proven experience with ILE RPG, RPG IV, RPG Free, CL, and SQL.


• Experience with DB2/400 database design and optimization.


• Familiarity with DDS, ILE concepts (modules, service programs, binding directories), and subfile programming.


• Exposure to modernization tools (e.g., RDi, VS Code for RPG, API/web service integration) is a plus.


• Experience in working with ERP or business\-critical applications such as finance, manufacturing, or logistics systems

• Strong programming skills in RPG IV, ILE RPG, Free\-Format RPG, CL, and SQL.


• Solid understanding of IBM i operating system, DB2/400, and DDS\-based files.


• Experience with change management tools


• Familiarity with RDi (Rational Developer for i) or other modern development environments.


• Knowledge of APIs, web services, or data exchange (JSON, XML) for integration.

We actively encourage our teams to have a good work/life balance and so we are pleased to offer flexible working shifts at Fred Perry HQ. Our core shift hours are from 10am – 4\.30pm and so employees can choose to start and finish early, or start and finish late. (i.e. work 8:00am\-4:30pm, or 10:00am\-6:30pm etc). We also have 30\-minute early finish on Fridays.

As we continue to work in a more flexible way, the Head Office acts a brand hub, where we can all connect and collaborate with one another. This role is a mix of office based (London) and remote working. We will expect the employee to come into the office regularly for face\-to\-face meetings and to work alongside their team on collaborative projects.

BENEFITS:

We are proud to offer a wide range of benefits to all our staff, and continue to reassess what our community needs from us to thrive. We don’t want to be a good company to work for, we want to be a great one. Here are some things we currently offer:

• Annual performance\-related bonus


• Competitive salary


• Generous staff discount and regular sample sales


• Generous pension scheme with 8\.5% company contribution


• Option to buy an extra 5 days holiday annually


• Enhanced maternity and paternity packages


• Life insurance


• Private healthcare


• Cycle to work scheme


• Early finish Fridays


• Season ticket loan


• Additional benefits with long service


• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays


• Annual Birthday vouchers


• EAP


• Social Events

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