A company in Sector 62, Noida, is hiring an Associate AS400 Developer for a full-time, on-site position paying INR 60,000 per month.
Skills required
This role needs RPG programming, hands-on experience with AS400 or iSeries systems, and working knowledge of DB2. Debugging is a core part of the job, not an occasional task, since legacy systems tend to fail in ways that take some digging to trace back to their actual source. Batch processing experience rounds out the required skill set, since much of the work involves scheduled jobs rather than interactive screens.
A few additional skills would help an application, though they're not required at the associate level:
- CL (Control Language) programming for job scheduling and system commands
- Exposure to JCL or similar batch scripting on legacy platforms
- Basic SQL beyond the DB2 fundamentals, for pulling and validating data
- Any prior work in an Agile or sprint-based development environment
Day-to-day responsibilities
You'll design and build software components on the AS400 platform, working from specifications handed down by senior developers or the product team. Coordination with QA happens regularly because testing on legacy systems often surfaces edge cases that don't appear until a batch job runs against real production-scale data.
- Design and develop software components using RPG on the AS400/iSeries platform
- Coordinate with product and QA teams to confirm requirements and validate fixes
- Review code from peers to catch issues before they reach production
- Troubleshoot problems reported by end users, tracing them back through DB2 queries or batch logs
- Monitor and maintain scheduled batch jobs, stepping in when a nightly run fails partway through
One recent example: a nightly inventory reconciliation job started timing out after a vendor added several thousand new SKUs, and the fix required rewriting a section of the RPG program to process records in smaller batches rather than a single long pass. That kind of troubleshooting comes up more often than the job title might suggest.
Education and experience
A bachelor's degree is the minimum requirement. Computer science and information technology are the most common backgrounds among current team members, though the company has also hired from other technical majors. This is an associate-level position, so the company isn't expecting years of prior AS400 work. 15 months of relevant development experience is the baseline, sufficient to demonstrate real familiarity with the platform without requiring a long track record.
Compensation and benefits
The salary is INR 60,000 per month for full-time, on-site work. The role, listed on Naukri Mitra, includes health insurance, paid time off, and provident fund contributions as standard benefits. Since the position is based on-site in Noida, employees also have access to an on-site cafeteria and cab or commute support, which matters given how far some staff commute from other parts of the NCR into Sector 62.
Working environment
AS400 development doesn't move at the same pace as newer web stacks, and that's part of the appeal for some developers. Systems here have been running for years, sometimes decades, and stability matters more than shipping something new every sprint. New developers on this team spend their first few weeks getting familiar with existing codebases and the quirks of systems that predate most of the people currently maintaining them.
Application process
Send in a resume that highlights any RPG, DB2, or AS400 coursework or project work, even if it was academic rather than professional. Candidates without direct AS400 experience but with a strong grasp of another structured programming language and a willingness to learn the platform are still worth applying. The hiring process includes a technical interview covering RPG fundamentals and basic troubleshooting scenarios, followed by a conversation with the team lead about availability and start date.
