Cobol Software Developer with French

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC) acts as a business solution center for Societe Generale, one of the largest European financial groups. If you are looking for a great career opportunity within the IT world, then you are in the right place.

Our IT Filiere has over 800 IT professionals, delivering services on four perimeters: Retail Banking, Security and Infrastructure, Internal Support Applications and Investment Banking. And our team is ready to expand and find new awesome colleagues to embark on this journey.

The COBOL Engineer is responsible for the development, maintenance, enhancement, and support of business-critical applications running on the mainframe environment. The role ensures application stability, performance, and compliance with business and regulatory requirements while supporting project delivery and operational activities.

Key Responsibilities

  Develop, maintain, and enhance COBOL applications running on IBM Mainframe platforms.

  Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into functional solutions.

Perform coding, unit testing, troubleshooting, and defect resolution.

  Support production environments, incident management, and root cause analysis.

  Participate in application modernization, migration, and continuous improvement initiatives.

  Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, architects, and other IT teams to deliver projects on time and within scope.

Ensure compliance with development standards, security policies, and change management processes.

  Create and maintain technical documentation. Required Skills & Experience Strong experience in COBOL development and maintenance.

  Good knowledge of IBM Mainframe environments (z/OS).

  Experience with JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and batch processing.

Understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), testing methodologies, and release management.

Experience supporting critical production systems and managing incidents.

  Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Ability to work eAectively in cross-functional and international teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  Experience in banking, financial services, or large enterprise environments

  Knowledge of EDI integrations and related business processes.

Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and DevOps practices.

Understanding of application modernization and legacy system transformation initiatives.

 Key Competencies

Technical expertise

  Ownership and accountability

  Problem solving and analytical thinking

Team collaboration

  Adaptability and continuous learning

Customer and service orientation

Here, you will find a flexible workplace and culture, autonomy, constant learning opportunities, dynamism, and talented people, making this experience a real career accelerator. You will also discover all the diversity of our businesses, in a sector that is constantly evolving and innovating.

Plus, you will enjoy all our benefits:

• competitive compensation & remuneration, including annual performance bonus;

• preventive healthcare plan, and group health & life insurance;

• wide range of flexible benefits within a monthly budget;

• office perks, wellbeing and mental health programs;

• various social benefits and bonuses for personal or family events;

• 9-to-5 workday and flexible work from home/office environment;

• additional paid and unpaid time off, including Sabbatical leave;

• learning and growth opportunities based on individual development and career plans;

• unlimited access to various eLearning resources.

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 daily 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.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual or gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.