Cobol software engineer (senior)

PARETO SECURITIES AS; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Free lunch at the office

Referral bonus up to PLN 10,000

Benefit platform allowance PLN 600/mo

Passion clubs and social events

Job summary

BEC is seeking a senior Cobol software engineer to maintain and develop Payments platforms in a cross-border setting (Warsaw and Roskilde). You will own delivery for critical systems, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate with product, QA and architecture teams across Poland and Denmark.

The role emphasizes strong legacy tech skills (Cobol/CICS/IDz) plus modern tooling, and requires English fluency to coordinate with colleagues in two countries.

Qualifications

• University degree in IT, computer science or related discipline.
• Proven ability to take ownership of senior software engineering tasks and mentor others.
• Fluency in written and spoken English for collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating closely with software engineers, the product owner, business analyst and team architect.
• Managing the daily operation and governance of systems.
• Carrying out testing, technical design and analysis of user stories and defects.
• Supporting testing through troubleshooting and defect resolution.
• Refining new user stories and assessing their technical feasibility and design.

Skills

Cobol

CICS

IDz

PUMA

MQ

DB2

JCL

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

ServiceNow

English fluency

Java development

Test automation

Education

University degree in IT/CS

Tools

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

Cobol software engineer (senior) - Payments

You will join the Payments Operations domain, working with colleagues based in Warsaw, Poland, and Roskilde, Denmark. The Cobol software engineer (senior) position offers an opportunity to contribute to the stable operation and continued development of foreign payments platforms. Your direct manager will be Dariusz Tofiło .

Primary tasks and responsibilities include:

• Collaborating closely with software engineers, the product owner, business analyst and team architect.
• Managing the daily operation and governance of systems.
• Carrying out testing, technical design and technical analysis of user stories and reported defects.
• Supporting testing through troubleshooting and defect resolution.
• Refining new user stories and assessing their technical feasibility and design.

To succeed you will have:

• Hands-on experience with COBOL, CICS, IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz), PUMA, MQ, DB2, JCL, Git, Bitbucket, Jira and ServiceNow.
• A university degree, ideally in information technology, computer science or a closely related discipline.
• Proven ability to take ownership of senior software engineering tasks, deliver according to project plans and mentor less experienced team members.
• Ability to complete complex tasks successfully.
• Strong collaboration skills, including supporting colleagues, sharing knowledge, contributing to shared team goals and actively participating in team meetings.
• Fluency in written and spoken English, enabling effective collaboration with colleagues in Poland and Denmark.

It's nice-to-have:

• Knowledge of the financial sector, particularly banking platforms such as payments and accounts.
• Knowledge of microservice architecture.
• Experience with Java development.
• Experience with test automation.

Be your best self with BEC's benefits!

We offer a diverse range of benefits for our employees. Here are just a few of them.

• Mental health support
• Free lunch at the office
• Referral bonus up to PLN 10,000
• PLN 600 on a benefit platform a month
• Passion clubs and social events (tennis, salsa dancing, board games, family picnics and more)

BEC is in the process of being acquired by our largest customer and co-owner, Nykredit, which is Denmark's largest mortgage provider and third-largest bank. We will become part of a new and larger organization called Nykredit Financial Technologies. In the transition phase, we are recruiting for roles that we expect to be highly needed in our future organization.

Join a community of people sharing great ambitions

BEC is a financial technology company creating IT solutions for Danish banks. Together, we enable bank customers to invest online, take out loans and transfer money. In other words, we deliver the tech it takes to run a bank. We have 1,600+ employees spread across locations in Denmark and Poland. We collaborate in a flat hierarchy with a high degree of mutual trust. Here, great ideas have no rank, and we invite everybody to chip in to create the strongest IT solutions for our Danish banks. We’re an equal opportunities employer. We hire top talent regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or age. Learn more about us in our culture book:W e are BEC