Lead Product Engineer

Absa Group; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited in South Africa seeks a Senior Hogan Developer to join the Enterprise Applications team in Randburg. You will lead development across Hogan front- and back-end stacks, ensuring scalable, high-quality software in an agile environment.

The role requires 8+ years of Hogan experience, exposure to mainframe ecosystems, and a commitment to engineering robust solutions while collaborating with cross-functional teams. This is a full-time role in a dynamic banking group.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years of Hogan development experience.
• Extensively use Hogan and ensure software meets end-user requirements.
• Ability to analyze complex problems and deliver scalable solutions in an agile setting.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle from analysis to deployment.
• Produce well-organised, optimized Hogan source code and documentation.
• Ensure designs align with architecture principles: repeatability, testability, scalability, resilience.
• Apply standard design patterns to deliver robust solutions.
• Debug and test Hogan applications, including unit and integration testing.

Skills

Hogan

COBOL

IMS/Mainframe

JCL

SQL

DB2

TSO

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology

Tools

Hogan

COBOL

IMS

JCL

SQL

DB2

TSO

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.

Job Description

Role: Senior HOGAN Developer

Role Description: The HOGAN Developer would need to have minimum of 8 years of experience. This Candidate will extensively use HOGAN and ensure that software meets or exceed specified standards and end-user requirements.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle including 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 on Hogan application
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Debug existing source code Unit and system testing, both positive & negative testing AND with a technical as well as business slant.
• Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
• Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on Hogan applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences
• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Participate in incident management & DR activity – applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents.
• Participate in planned activities that are appropriate for own and employee development.
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving, knowledge sharing within and across the broader team.
• Ability to communicate at both a technical and non-technical level.
• Strong communications skills to effectively communicate at different levels of management.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills.
• Ability to work both independently and with a team.

Preferrable

• Schemes experience (Acquiring)
• Card and Payment’s industry (Acquiring) experience
• Analysis of Schemes articles Mastercard and Visa knowledge
• PDS Edits
• Clearing and Settlement
• Easytrieve Batch development expertise – TWS ISPW – Program versioning
• Agile methodology Azure Devops Service Now
• Essential (8 years +)
• Hogan COBOL IMS Mainframe development
• JCL
• SQL
• DB2
• IMS
• TSO

Education

Education Bachelor’s Degree Education Bachelor’s Degree: Information Technology

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

At Absa, our story is not a single narrative. It’s thousands of individual journeys unfolding across Africa and beyond. From colleagues serving customers in local communities to teams shaping financial solutions across borders, Absa is built on people who bring their lived experiences, ambitions and perspectives into the workplace every day. Whether you’re starting your career, a seasoned leader or somewhere in between, your contribution is seen, valued and connected to something bigger. Our presence across Africa – which spans personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and insurance – exists because of the people who show up in their roles with purpose. Across Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia, our colleagues are shaping what Absa becomes in each market. Beyond the continent, teams in global offices and a technology hub support and extend the stories that prove that African talent can lead, influence and innovate on the global stage. At Absa, your story matters because progress is driven by human experience, not hierarchy. When people are enabled to bring their whole selves to work, they don’t just build careers. They help shape the future of Africa’s financial services landscape.