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

The Person:

• 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

Technical Skills

• 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.

HOURS:

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

We actively welcome applications from people of all different backgrounds. Your CV will be submitted to hiring managers with all personal details hidden to ensure anonymity.