COBOL at SEB
Erik, known as ”COBOL-Erik” in the bank, discusses how the work goes in practice and the culture within the COBOL-community. (In Swedish)
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What challenges do you face from a mainframe perspective? What will you have to get to grips with?
Are you at the start of your career as a developer and want to work on the development of the IT systems of the future? SEB COBOL Academy is a fantastic opportunity for you who are interested in IT and the banking sector. Here you will have the opportunity to became a sharp COBOL developer.
Welcome to a training programme where you will work in an agile environment in which we share knowledge with each other and learning never ends!
The next training period starts in January 2022 and runs for six months. Following training and six months’ provisional employment, the aim is to offer you a full-time position as a Junior COBOL developer. During the training period you will gain a good understanding of SEB’s technical environment where you will learn something new every day supported by your senior colleagues.
The aim of the course is to give participants basic skills in COBOL programming and an insight into some of SEB’s programming environments and tools.
A typical day on the course consists of tutor-led training, self-study and exercises.
What you will learn includes:
Deadline for applications: August 29 (NOTE: the ad may be closed earlier)
Start of education: January 2022
Location after education : SEB office in Arenastaden, Solna
Apply to COBOL Academy here (in Swedish)
The IBM mainframe computer is an advanced technical platform with many strengths: security, performance, efficiency and operational reliability. At SEB it is used for many of our core systems for accounts, payments, customers, products, payment cards, securities and insurances. SEB has over 300 system developers who mainly work in the mainframe programming languages COBOL and Assembler.
Erik, known as ”COBOL-Erik” in the bank, discusses how the work goes in practice and the culture within the COBOL-community. (In Swedish)
Rickard previously attended SEB’s COBOL Academy and is currently a mentor for new employees. He shares his view on what opportunities the COBOL Academy creates and why he likes working for SEB.
Leif talks about what the mainframe is and how it is used within the bank and in the world. He also reveals why SEB use COBOL. (In Swedish)