Platform Engineering Leader, Digital Banking

absa; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a Platform Domain Lead who will provide executive engineering leadership for Digital Business Bank platforms. You will align the platform roadmap with CIO and Architecture Lead, drive secure, resilient services, and set standards for delivery and observability.

In this role you will own the platform vision, translate strategy into engineering priorities, lead engineering managers, ensure production readiness, and collaborate across security, operations and governance

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform engineering with governance and roadmaps.
• Proven ability to translate strategy into engineering outcomes.
• Skilled in risk, security, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Own platform vision, roadmap, and service outcomes.
• Lead engineering managers and teams across delivery.
• Collaborate with CIO and Architecture Lead on standards.

Skills

Executive leadership

Platform strategy

Stakeholder management

Cloud experience

APIs

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology

Tools

GraphQL

Spring Boot

Node.js

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a Platform Domain Lead who will provide executive engineering leadership for Digital Business Bank platforms. You will align the platform roadmap with CIO and Architecture Lead, drive secure, resilient services, and set standards for delivery and observability.

In this role you will own the platform vision, translate strategy into engineering priorities, lead engineering managers, ensure production readiness, and collaborate across security, operations and governance