Overview
- 47388
- Information Technology and Services
- South Africa
- Gauteng
- Johannesburg
Job Details
Standard Bank is a firm believer in technical innovation, to help us guarantee exceptional client service and leading edge financial solutions. Our growing global success reflects our commitment to the latest solutions, the best people, and a uniquely flexible and vibrant working culture. To help us drive our success into the future, we are looking for an experienced Lead Software Engineer to join our Finance Technology team at our Johannesburg offices. Standard Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for more than 150 years, and now spans 17 countries across the African continent.
Job Purpose
To manage and oversee the Bank’s strategic development initiatives which include the execution and implementation of application delivery programmes and projects against the Bank’s standards, policies and procedures and governance guidelines and Service Level Agreements.
The Senior Developer provides technical solutions to the needs of stakeholders by interpreting business requirements, defining technical tasks, engineers quality software, performing end to end testing, as well as supporting and troubleshooting technical questions, software and database issues.
• To develop, document and implement standards, policies and procedures and governance guidelines and SLAs
• To provide accurate estimates and effort for code changes
• To deliver technical solutions within the agreed timelines and budgets
• To provide technical support to IT production, when required.
• Resource allocation – projects are adequately resourced and knowledge sharing is in place
• To provide accurate estimates and effort for code changes
• To deliver technical solutions within the agreed timelines and budgets
• To provide technical support to IT production, when required.
• Resource allocation – projects are adequately resourced and knowledge sharing is in place
Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities
• Adheres to Agile methodologies and follows Agile principles through work outputs and behaviours.
• Scope, Plan, Design and Review end to end solutions
• Plan & Organise
• Define and Develop application code
• Conduct Testing on various IT platforms
• Drives continuous improvement
• Monitor & Evaluate
• Scope, Plan, Design and Review end to end solutions
• Plan & Organise
• Define and Develop application code
• Conduct Testing on various IT platforms
• Drives continuous improvement
• Monitor & Evaluate
Preferred Qualification and Experience
Qualifications:
- BSc Comp Science, B.Com Informatics degree or advanced degree OR
- Bachelor’s degree in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or similar
- BSc Comp Science, B.Com Informatics degree or advanced degree OR
- Bachelor’s degree in a field requiring strong analytical and quantitative skills such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or similar
Experience:
- 7-10 years broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
- Strong technical background with strong, demonstrable Java, Python, SQL skills
- 7-10 years broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
- Strong technical background with strong, demonstrable Java, Python, SQL skills
Knowledge/Technical Skills/Expertise
- IT Knowledge
- IT Development
- IT Applications
- Automated Unit Testing
- Data Integrity
- Write Code
- IT Development
- IT Applications
- Automated Unit Testing
- Data Integrity
- Write Code
PLEASE NOTE: All our recruitment and selection processes comply with applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any form of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraudline on +27 800222050 or forward to TransactionFraudOpsSA@standardbank.co.za
