Cobol software engineer - Payments
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 17, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 9, 2026.
You will join BEC's Payments domain, where we are responsible for supporting, developing and modernising critical payment solutions used by banks. Our teams work across Poland and Denmark and contribute to both the stable operation of existing payment systems and the development of future payment infrastructure. This role offers the opportunity to work with business-critical international payment solutions while combining mainframe expertise with modernisation initiatives.
Primary tasks and responsibilities include:
- Collaborating closely with Software Engineers, Business Analysts, Product Owners and Team Architects.
- Supporting the operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of business-critical payment systems.
- Developing and modernising COBOL-based payment solutions.
- Performing technical analysis, solution design, testing and implementation of user stories and defect fixes.
- Troubleshooting issues, resolving defects and supporting test activities.
- Refining user stories and evaluating technical feasibility and solution design.
To succeed you will have:
- Hands-on experience with COBOL, CICS, IBM Developer for z/OS (IDz), MQ, DB2, JCL, Git, Bitbucket, Jira and ServiceNow.
- Have solid hands-on experience as a COBOL software engineer working with business-critical systems
- Experience working with complex, business-critical systems on the mainframe.
- Ability to take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to handle complex technical challenges.
- Strong collaboration skills, including knowledge sharing and working effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- A university degree, ideally in information technology, computer science or a related discipline.
It's nice-to-have:
- Experience from the financial sector, preferably within payments.
- Knowledge of payment platforms and payment flows, including international payments.
- Experience with Java development.
- Experience with test automation.
- Knowledge of microservice architecture.
- Experience working with modernisation initiatives and integration between legacy and modern systems.
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)
What does the recruitment process look like?
- Send us your CV: We want to get to know you
- Meet our talent partner: Learn more about the job, BEC Poland, and tell us more about yourself.
- Meet your future manager and team: See who you'll be working closely with.
- Time to sign the contract: We're ready to welcome you to BEC!
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Talent attraction partner at [email protected]
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.