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UK Based Software Engineers (COBOL)
Mercor is recruiting UK-based software engineers with COBOL experience for an AI research project. Applicant pay shown: $130 - $170 / hour.
- Platform
- Mercor
- Fit category
- Software engineering
- Remote/location
- Fully remote; currently based in the United Kingdom
- Pay
- Firm hourly pay: $130 - $170 / hour
- Eligibility
- Remote, Europe/UK eligibility signal
- Difficulty
- Highly selective
- Last reviewed
- Jul 10, 2026
Current application
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What this role involves
Mercor is recruiting UK-based software engineers with COBOL experience for an AI research project. The fully remote, project-based work contributes high-quality training data alongside senior engineers and includes a role-specific technical assessment.
Requirements
- Professional COBOL experience
- At least five years of full-time software-engineering experience
- Work experience at a major technology company or a comparably rigorous engineering organization
- Currently based in the United Kingdom
- Availability for up to 40 hours per week
- Availability for a resume/work-history screen and a short technical assessment
Best for
- Senior UK software engineers with production COBOL experience
- Legacy-systems specialists with at least five years of full-time engineering work
- Engineers comfortable completing a role-specific technical assessment
Skip this if...
- You do not have professional COBOL experience
- You have fewer than five years of full-time software-engineering experience
- You are not currently based in the United Kingdom
- You need guaranteed acceptance, work, pay, hours, or project duration
Application tips
- Prepare concise examples of production COBOL, mainframe, modernization, or legacy-system work.
- Do not share proprietary source code or confidential employer systems as evidence.
- Verify the current Mercor page before applying because availability and project duration can change.