Personal and Private Banking (PPB) Software Engineer Graduate Programme at Standard Bank Group

Job Description

• To design, code, test, debug and correct programs in software engineering environments within the continuous delivery pipe line as well as provide support and maintenance of systems. In addition, produce software specifications in accordance with the technical requirements, within the framework of the software quality assurance standards.
• Adopt and adhere to suitable and agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enables continuous delivery and development across the engineering environment as well as ensuring effective collaboration with all colleagues and stakeholders to meet required targets and therefore deliver value to the clients.
• Construct, interpret and execute end to end system and program tests to verify correct operation of completed systems to enable delivery of quality code.
• Develop, complete and update all required documentation as per the scope, including guidelines and checklists for development and testing purposes to enhance the technical engineering function.
• Participate in the evaluation of and impact analysis of major design options, new system and databases to enable sound, objective decisions by ensuring and validity and reliability of data to support data driven decision making.
• Engage with leads to receive feedback on work completed and communicate any concerns, issues, risks and progress regarding work output to enable a culture of continuous development and learning to create awareness of available solutions and contribute to the engineering objective of the bank.
• Look actively for opportunities to shorten development timelines, improve skills of the team and improve cost efficiency of application development activities by contributing to knowledge sharing and training through various channels to enable effective solutions to business objectives.
• Consciously learn and apply new skills and technology to improve the team software delivery and quality code by sharing knowledge and solutions to effectively deliver on engineering objectives.
• Strive to reach mature levels on the Continuum model by building own and team competence to work in a continuous delivery environment.
• Document all work and develop technical support documentation within agreed standards, methods and tools within the portfolio.

QUALIFICATIONS

Final year undergraduate, Honours or Masters Degree (Completed or currently completing in 2025);

• Computer Science
• Electronic Engineering
• Informatics, Information Systems
• Information Technology
• Software Development
• Software Engineering