Progress Developer – Progress OpenEdge 4GL / ABL (Yorkshire | Hybrid)
Pension / Bonus (5%) / Flexi Package including buy and selling of holiday, dental, critical illness
Region
Hybrid
Progress Developer– Progress OpenEdge 4GL / ABL (Yorkshire | Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £45,000 (depending on experience)
Location: Yorkshire (Hybrid working – typically 2–3 days onsite, remainder remote)
Bonus: 5% on-target (performance-related)
Flexible benefits: 3% flexible benefits allowance (options include cycle to work, dental, critical illness, travel insurance, retail discounts, and buy up to 1 week’s holiday – scheme dependent)
Pension: contributory pension (details shared at interview)
Learning: structured coaching, training and development support
The Opportunity
We are recruiting for a Progress Developer for an established organisation with a strong in-house engineering function. The role sits within a structured delivery environment, working on enterprise-grade applications where quality, reliability and governance matter.
You’ll be hands‑on with Progress OpenEdge 4GL / ABL, delivering new functionality and improving existing services. You’ll work closely with Testing and Change Management, producing well‑engineered solutions to agreed timescales, while also contributing to continuous improvement across development standards and internal processes.
This is a great opportunity if you like working in a proper delivery setup (clear change control, testing, standards) and want a role with strong support, training and long‑term stability.
What you’ll be doing
You’ll be involved across the full development lifecycle: analysis through build, unit testing, and controlled release.
Key responsibilities
Analyse requirements and design solutions for enterprise applications using Progress OpenEdge 4GL / ABL.
Develop and maintain high‑quality code, including unit testing and peer review practices.
Collaborate closely with Testing and Change Management teams to ensure release readiness and smooth deployments.
Deliver to time and budget: planning work, estimating effort, and managing priorities across multiple initiatives.
Contribute to continuous improvement: propose enhancements to internal processes, tooling, and coding conventions.
Adhere to (and help reinforce) development standards: naming conventions, code structure, reusable components, and consistent error handling.
Troubleshoot and resolve defects: log analysis, data investigation, and performance diagnosis.
Technology environment (what you’ll work with)
This is a classic OpenEdge estate with additional modernisation touch points.
Essential skills
Commercial experience with Progress / OpenEdge 4GL / ABL (development + analysis)
Experience building enterprise‑level applications in a structured software delivery environment
Comfortable working alongside QA/testing, change governance and release processes
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across technical/non‑technical teams
Desirable technical experience (highly valued)
Integration/adjacent tech: .NET interoperability or service wrappers
Source control (e.g. Git, Azure DevOps, SVN) and good branching/release discipline
What we’re looking for (behaviours & capability)
Experience delivering development projects in a commercial environment
Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills (ability to isolate code vs data vs environment issues)
Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing business priorities
Good personal organisation: prioritising workload and managing delivery commitments
An effective communicator who can work across teams and explain technical decisions clearly
What success looks like in the first 90–180 days
You’ll be fully up to speed on the application landscape, standards and release process.
You’ll deliver enhancements that meet quality gates (unit tests, QA sign-off, change governance).
You’ll reduce defects through improved design consistency and proactive troubleshooting.
You’ll contribute at least one meaningful improvement to team standards, tooling or delivery process.
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