Cobol Developer

As a Cobol Developer within the TRA (Trade Finance) tribe, you will contribute to a global release train on a common core banking product. You will ensure Features developed by your team are duly analyzed, specified, developed, tested and deployed while managing the dependencies with the rest of the release train.

The key responsibilities of the successful candidate will include:

• Decomposing technical and functional requests into detailed user stories by interacting with the Product Owner and the Feature team

• Developing code using software best practices Craftsmanship (such as BDD, TDD, continuous integration, legacy refactoring and Continuous Delivery)

• Participating in the team's testing, deployment and production activities to ensure production stability by applying the guidelines provided by Chapters (communities of practice)

• Integrating the vendor software into Société Générale IT ecosystem

• Implementing and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline

• Participating in Application support (“You build it, you run it”): analyzing incidents, problems and requests, and coordinating with other teams till closure

• Ensuring application operations: monitoring, alerting, resiliency, ITRM... with the help of the application manager

• Keeping process & documentation up to date

• Technologies used: Cobol, JCL, Java, Mainframe, CICS, zOS (Legacy), Git, API, Cloud (target)

 We expect from the candidates:

• At least 3 years of experience as a Cobol developer/ software engineer

• Understanding of Agile and Project methodologies: Scrum, SAFe, Agile and Waterfall

• Proficiency in English (Polish is a strong plus)

• High analytical skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with flexible approach

• Curiosity and openness to explore other technologies

• Able to work autonomously, take initiatives and challenge & improve legacy

• Organized and able to prioritize work

Your future with Societe Generale will include:

• Work in a pleasant atmosphere as part of an international team in a brand-new office in the center of Warsaw, designed with facilities for people with disabilities

• An active role in an international structure and the opportunity for growth

• Access to educational platforms and language courses

• Stability

• Competitive salary based on seniority and skills

• Support in quick adaptation in the company

• Extraordinary health package with extensive dental care

• Hybrid work (3 days per week from office) and one-time bonus for home office equipment

• Even more benefits such as meal allowance, holiday fund, sports card and insurance

*Please be informed that we will be accepting only resumes in English.

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious.

Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.