Cobol | RPG | SQL | Banking Systems | Core Banking

The Company Where You Will Be Working

A well-established financial institution operating in the banking sector in Portugal, with a strong focus on stability, reliability, and business‑critical systems.

The company relies on robust core banking platforms that support daily operations such as payments, credits, accounting, and financial processing.

Your New Mission

You will take ownership of critical core banking applications, ensuring their stability, evolution, and alignment with business needs.

Your mission will be to combine hands-on technical expertise with coordination responsibilities, acting as the key point of contact between IT and business areas such as operations and accounting.

You will play a central role in maintaining system reliability while driving continuous improvements and managing the development pipeline.

What You’ll Be Doing

Manage and evolve core banking applications (including BANKA, MM, Accipiens, and custom COBOL systems)

Ensure system availability, proactively monitoring performance and resolving incidents when they arise

Act as the main bridge between IT and business teams, particularly Operations and Accounting

Coordinate and prioritize development activities, distributing tasks across the team

Develop and maintain SQL queries, stored procedures, and data integrations with external systems (e.g., website, ERP)

Support bug fixing, parameter adjustments, and user-related corrections within core systems

Define monitoring processes, alerts, and operational playbooks to ensure system resilience

Act as a hands-on technical reference, contributing directly to development and problem-solving

What You Need to Succeed

Must Have

Strong experience working with core banking systems

Proven experience with COBOL and RPG in enterprise environments

Advanced knowledge of SQL (queries, stored procedures, data extraction)

Experience managing or coordinating application development pipelines

Solid understanding of banking operations (payments, credits, accounting flows)

Ability to work in a hands-on role with ownership of critical systems

Strong communication skills to liaise with both technical and business stakeholders

Nice to Have

Experience with core banking platforms such as Promosoft or similar

Background in financial institutions or insurance with strong banking exposure

Experience in system monitoring, incident management, and production support

Previous experience mentoring or guiding junior team members

What the Company Offers You

Competitive Salary package aligned with experience

Health insurance and life insurance

Performance bonus

25 vacation days

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to take ownership of business‑critical systems with high impact

Strategic and visible role within the organisation

Next Steps

If you are passionate about banking systems, enjoy working close to the business, and want to take ownership of critical applications, we would love to hear from you.

Send your CV to: rita.matias@hays.pt

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