Personal and Private Banking (PPB) Software Engineer Graduate Programme

Standard Bank Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 25 000 - 45 000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative financial services group is looking for a dynamic software engineer to join their team. This role involves designing, coding, and testing software within a continuous delivery pipeline, providing support, and ensuring quality standards are met. Ideal candidates will be final year students or recent graduates in fields like Computer Science or Engineering, eager to learn and grow in a collaborative environment. This opportunity not only offers the chance to work with talented professionals but also to contribute to meaningful projects that drive growth in Africa. If you're passionate about technology and ready to make an impact, this is the perfect role for you!

Qualifications

• Final year undergraduate or Master's Degree in relevant fields.
• Must be a South African citizen under 30 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and debug programs in software engineering.
• Engage with leads for feedback and communicate progress on work.

Skills

Collaborative Work

Resilience

Creative Problem Solving

Curiosity

Business Acumen

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Electronic Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Bachelor's Degree in Software Development

Bachelor's Degree in Software Engineering

Job description

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

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

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
  
  

Additional Information

Minimum Requirements

• Must be a South African citizen
• Must be under 30 years of age
• No more than two years’ work experience
• Minimum of 65% average over all years of study
  
  

Key Skills And Attributes

• Working collaboratively with others
• Resilience
• Creative problem solving and considered decision making
• Curiosity and willingness to learn
• Positive attitude and self confidence
• Business acumen