Senior COBOL Developer — Modern Open-Systems Engineer

act digital; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

act digital is recruiting a Senior COBOL Developer to join a premier banking tech hub in Lisbon. This role bridges mission-critical transactional logic with modern distributed systems on Unix/Linux environments.

You will work with Eclipse IDE, DBeaver and GitLab for version control, code reviews and automated pipelines, while writing Bash scripts for batch orchestration and API integration with banking layers.

Qualifications

• Senior COBOL Developer with proven track record.
• Hands-on COBOL on Unix/Linux environments (not mainframe).
• Experience with Eclipse IDE, DBeaver, GitLab and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and modernize mission-critical COBOL business logic on Unix/Linux.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams using GitLab for reviews and pipelines.
• Write Bash scripts for batch orchestration and automation.
• Design and consume APIs to interface engines with distributed services.
• Promote software design best practices and robust data interaction.

Skills

COBOL

Unix/Linux

GitLab

Bash scripting

APIs

Open Systems COBOL

COBOL Open

Tools

Eclipse IDE

DBeaver

GitLab

Job description

act digital is recruiting a Senior COBOL Developer to join a premier banking tech hub in Lisbon. This role bridges mission-critical transactional logic with modern distributed systems on Unix/Linux environments.

You will work with Eclipse IDE, DBeaver and GitLab for version control, code reviews and automated pipelines, while writing Bash scripts for batch orchestration and API integration with banking layers.