Specialist Product Engineer (Java) at Absa

Job Summary

The IMEX / SWIFT Team within CIB Trade is looking for a Specialist Software Developer to apply critical thinking & problem solving skills to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.

Job Description

The CIB Trade team supports all trade applications across the Africa continent, for local and international trade, with a range of trade and working capital solutions.

We offer trade products that will help our clients to manage risks, negotiate terms, and reduce pressure on cash flow to enable our clients to trade confidently and efficiently.

Our trade solutions are inclusive of both customer-facing systems as well as back-end operational systems.   

How we stay relevant:

The emergence of FinTech’s has captured a large share of the market in the banking revenue pools. In response, we are reinventing our digital trade strategy to compete with FinTechs to enable the bank to stay relevant and meet the demands of the digital future.

By introducing agility and removing complexity of legacy systems we are enabling our various Trade Channels to be at the forefront of the banking digital age, in addition, improving the way transactions are processed.

Our Solution:

We are striving to deliver standardized solutions that are built on the latest technologies and infrastructure, i.e. open-source and AWS cloud solutions. These solutions will allow cost effective roll-out across the African continent. Our team aids the trade business to meet multiple demands including channel support, third part integrations and non-banking channels.

Key critical requirements for this role:

• Min 5 years software developer experience

• Basic Java Programming experience with good Java deployment

• Experience working in an agile environment

• Excellent communication, analytical skills and decision making ability in collaborative environments

• Excellent understanding of specific coding / scripting languages

• Understanding of Object Oriented Design and ability to properly apply general design patterns and paradigms

• Experience with test-driven development and domain driven design

• Linux Admin

• Agile Delivery (SCRUM/Kanban)

• JIRA

• Confluence

• Sharepoint

• Mainframe and Cobol beneficial

Some key accountabilities: DevOps

• Apply critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve technical problems (Front End, Back End OR Middleware) with high quality solutions

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle

• Evaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions

• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions

• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience

• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions

• Support the development of CI / CD Pipelines

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised