COBOL Developer

Quick Facts

• Role: COBOL Developer

• Work mode: 100% remote (optionally with potential office visits in Switzerland)

• Contracting: B2B

• Domain: Insurance mainframe systems (policies, premiums, claims)

Description

You will develop and maintain COBOL applications on a mainframe, translating business requirements into technical solutions and improving existing code. The role includes diagnosing and fixing production issues and maintaining technical documentation. You will collaborate with the client team in German through meetings, analyses, and technical alignment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain COBOL applications in a mainframe environment

• Analyze business requirements and map them to technical solutions

• Optimize and refactor existing code

• Diagnose and fix production errors

• Create and update technical documentation

• Collaborate regularly with the client team in German (meetings, analyses, and agreements)

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of commercial COBOL programming experience

• Knowledge of mainframe environment (e.g., JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM—adjust to the project)

• German proficiency B2+ / C1 in speaking and writing

• Communicative English and Polish

• Independence, accuracy, and ability to work in a distributed team

Benefits

• 100% remote work (or possibility of occasional visits to a Switzerland office)

• B2B cooperation model

• Stable, long-term project in a sector that continuously needs COBOL specialists