Senior Mainframe COBOL Backend Engineer

act digital EMEA - Alter Solutions; Brussel; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

act digital EMEA - Alter Solutions is seeking a seasoned mainframe software engineer to design, code, review, and test backend applications in a complex financial tech environment. You will translate business requirements into technical designs and collaborate across IT and business teams.

Responsibilities include delivering robust code, conducting reviews, and ensuring smooth integration with interfacing systems, while maintaining high standards and continuous learning in a fast-paced

Qualifications

• At least 5 years designing and coding back-end software.

Responsibilities

• Understand functional design from specifications.
• Draw up program structure from technical design.
• Create and execute test cases; modify programs for production.
• Design changes to be added to design document.
• Conduct self and peer code reviews.
• Resolve incidents and defects; track to closure.
• Execute technical integration testing with interfacing apps.

Skills

Agile Methodologies

Analytical thinking

Collaborating

Eager to learn

Independent

Problem solving

Result driven

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

COBOL

PL/1

EGL

DB2

IDz Workbench

CI/CD-GITHUB

Changeman

Job description

act digital EMEA - Alter Solutions is seeking a seasoned mainframe software engineer to design, code, review, and test backend applications in a complex financial tech environment. You will translate business requirements into technical designs and collaborate across IT and business teams.

Responsibilities include delivering robust code, conducting reviews, and ensuring smooth integration with interfacing systems, while maintaining high standards and continuous learning in a fast-paced