Cobol software engineer (senior) - Payments

BEC Financial Technologies; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health support

Free lunch at the office

Professional development budget

Referral bonus up to PLN 10,000

Benefit platform credit PLN 600/month

Passion clubs and social events

Job summary

BEC Financial Technologies is seeking a senior Cobol software engineer to support foreign payments platforms from our offices in Warsaw, Poland, and Roskilde, Denmark. You will work with a cross-functional team including product owner, analysts and architects to ensure stable operations and ongoing development.

The role emphasizes ownership of complex tasks, mentoring peers, and strong collaboration. English fluency is essential for multi-site teamwork.

Qualifications

• University degree in information technology, computer science or closely related discipline.
• Proven ownership of senior software engineering tasks, delivering per project plans.
• Ability to mentor less experienced team members and take on complex tasks.
• Strong collaboration skills and active participation in team meetings.
• Fluency in written and spoken English for collaboration across Poland and Denmark.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

COBOL

CICS

IDz

PUMA

MQ

DB2

JCL

Git

Bitbucket

Jira

ServiceNow

English

Education

University degree in IT/CS

Tools

z/OS

IDz

MQ

DB2

JCL

Job description

You will join our 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
• Professional development budget
• 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)

If you have any questions about the position, please contact Talent attraction partner at [e-mail]

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.