Weekday AI

COBOL Developer

India
Level
Mid
Work type
Remote · India only

Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.

Open. First seen 27 October 2026.

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About the role

This role is for one of Weekday’s clients
Salary range: Rs 1000000 - Rs 8000000 (ie INR 10 - 80 LPA)

Min Experience: 3+ years
Location: Remote (India), India
JobType: contract / part-time

We’re looking for experienced COBOL developers who have built and maintain their own COBOL codebases, public or private. You’ll work with your existing repositories, and the deep knowledge you have of them, to help improve how modern AI systems understand, write, and modernize COBOL. This is a remote, [contract / part-time] role with flexible hours.

Requirements

What you’ll do

Walk through COBOL repositories you’ve authored, explaining program structure, business logic, and design decisions Write, review, and debug COBOL programs, including copybooks, JCL, and file handling (VSAM, sequential, indexed) Evaluate AI-generated COBOL code for correctness, style, and maintainability, and give clear written feedback Create realistic tasks and test cases based on real-world mainframe and batch-processing scenarios Document legacy patterns and modernization approaches (e.g., COBOL to Java/C# migration, refactoring monolithic programs)

Must-haves
You have created and own at least one meaningful COBOL repository (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or a private codebase you can speak to in depth) 3+ years of hands-on COBOL development Strong grasp of COBOL divisions, data structures (PIC clauses, COMP/COMP-3, REDEFINES, OCCURS), and procedural logic Experience with JCL and at least one of CICS, DB2, IMS, or VSAM Clear written English and the ability to explain code to non-experts

Nice to have
Experience with IBM z/OS, Micro Focus COBOL, or GnuCOBOL Work in banking, insurance, government, or other mainframe-heavy industries Exposure to legacy modernization projects Familiarity with a modern language (Java, Python, C#)

Must-have skills

COBOL, JCL, CICS

Good-to-have skills

IBM z/OS, Micro Focus COBOL, GnuCOBOL

What this role asks for

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Weekday AI's other open jobs.

The team: Weekday's Client via platform HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 296 open in Weekday's Client via platform. 173 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in September: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

Python (101 of 296), CI/CD (85 of 296), SQL (78 of 296), AWS (77 of 296), Azure (59 of 296), REST (55 of 296), LLM (50 of 296)

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