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Staffing for the code that runs the world.

LOBOCoders recruits and screens COBOL and mainframe developers for companies in banking, government, health care, retail and transportation. We rebuilt their site to speak the language of the people they hire, and gave the team a job board they run themselves.

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  • 2020

    Founded by Kyle Sager and his father

  • 400+

    Candidates placed, by their count

  • 5

    Industries they recruit for

  • 1

    Job board, run from the admin

> The process, in COBOL

Their screening, as a program.

The site’s signature is a small COBOL program that describes how LOBOCoders works. We made every line clickable here. Run it, or pick a line.

LOBOC.CBL
000100 IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
000200 PROGRAM-ID. LOBOCODERS.
000300 PROCEDURE DIVISION.
000800 DISPLAY "ROLE FILLED."
000900 STOP RUN.
> READY

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Omni channel funnels & outreach

We employ significant resources to scour LinkedIn, Dice, ZipRecruiter, Indeed and more, to identify top talent for your open role.

> The job board

Post a job. It’s live.

The team adds openings in the admin: the role, the type, where it’s based and the pay. Each one goes on the job board with its own page to share. Try editing this example.

Job postings › Edit

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lobocoders.com/job-posting/senior-cobol-developer/

> BROWSE JOBS

Senior COBOL Developer

  • Full-time
  • Hybrid · Charlotte, NC
  • $120,000 – $145,000 a year
  • CICS
  • JCL

LOBOCoders is hiring a senior cobol developer for an enterprise client. Experienced COBOL and mainframe developers, send your résumé and our recruiters will reach out.

Apply now

An example posting for this demo. Real openings are posted at lobocoders.com/job-posting/.

> Who they hire for

Mainframes run more than you think.

COBOL still runs core systems in banking, government, health care, retail and travel. The site speaks to each one.

  • A bank vault door

    01Banking & finance

  • An American flag on a columned government building

    02Government

  • A stethoscope on a medical tablet

    03Health care

  • A worker with a tablet in a retail warehouse

    04Retail

  • An airplane wing over the clouds at sunset

    05Transportation & travel

Speed, measured

Faster where it counts: on the phone.

We tested the old WordPress site and the new one the same way with Google Lighthouse, the engine behind PageSpeed Insights, before the switch.

Phone speed: 44 on the old site, 63 on the new site.

Phone speed

was 44

Computer speed: 87 on the old site, 88 on the new site.

Computer speed

was 87

  • 2.6×

    faster on a phone

    Main content in 3.0 s, down from 7.9 s

  • 72%

    less data per page

    1.9 MB down to 0.5 MB on a phone

  • 100

    accessibility

    On every page tested, up from 90–96

Phone speed score by page Old site New site
  • Home46 to 61
  • About42 to 62
  • What we do45 to 65
  • Government48 to 63
  • Contact40 to 66

Google Lighthouse, November 11, 2026: three runs of each page on a phone and on a computer, middle result, old site and new site measured the same way. Scores are averaged across the five pages listed. On a computer the overall score is about the same, while the main content shows about twice as fast.

What we built

A staffing site developers take seriously.

  • A terminal look

    Mono type, green-screen accents and a COBOL program header, made for a developer audience.

  • Job board in the admin

    Openings with type, location and pay, posted and closed by the team, with drafts and undo.

  • A page for every job

    Each opening gets its own address to share on LinkedIn or by email, with a way to apply.

  • Contact and newsletter

    Both forms email the team and save to a private inbox, with spam protection.

  • Industries and services

    What they do, who they hire for and a government page, all on fast pages.

  • Old links kept

    Every old address still works, including the old careers page.

Does your website speak your customer’s language?

We design it, build it, move your old site over without losing a visitor, and keep it fast.