Senior COBOL Engineer & AI Innovation Lead

i4m; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

i4m is seeking an experienced Senior COBOL Developer to join its IT team and contribute to the development, maintenance and modernisation of a business-critical application landscape. This role blends hands-on coding with technical analysis, production support and solution design.

You will own critical applications, collaborate with analysts and stakeholders, and explore Generative AI and Microsoft Copilot to improve code quality, testing and developer productivity within a large enterprise

Qualifications

• Extensive COBOL application development experience.
• Strong SQL Server performance optimization.
• Experience in analysis, design, debugging and troubleshooting.
• Experience in testing, deployments and production support.
• Background in modernization/integration.
• Interest in Generative AI and Copilot.
• Experience in large IT organisation.
• Banking or insurance sector experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, maintainable and high-performing technical solutions in collaboration with functional analysts and other stakeholders.
• Take ownership of critical applications, batch processes, production incidents and ongoing technical improvements.
• Perform technical analysis, debugging and troubleshooting, resolving complex implementation, performance and production issues.
• Ensure successful deployments across different environments and validate solutions through appropriate testing.
• Monitor and maintain the quality, stability and performance of the application landscape while anticipating the impact of new developments.
• Contribute to application modernisation initiatives and the long-term evolution of the technical environment.
• Provide guidance and technical coaching to less experienced colleagues, actively encouraging knowledge sharing.
• Explore and assess opportunities to leverage Generative AI, Microsoft Copilot and Intelligent Automation for analysis, documentation, testing, code quality and developer productivity.
• Translate promising AI concepts into practical, secure and measurable improvements within an enterprise IT environment.

Skills

COBOL development

SQL Server

Technical analysis

Debugging

Deployment processes

Production support

Solution design

Mentoring

Generative AI

Copilot

Intelligent Automation

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

i4m is seeking an experienced Senior COBOL Developer to join its IT team and contribute to the development, maintenance and modernisation of a business-critical application landscape. This role blends hands-on coding with technical analysis, production support and solution design.

You will own critical applications, collaborate with analysts and stakeholders, and explore Generative AI and Microsoft Copilot to improve code quality, testing and developer productivity within a large enterprise