Technology Lead - Automation, Global Markets Technology
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Senior, Expert
Bachelor's
Johannesburg, South Africa
In Person
Engineering ManagementEngineering Leadership
About the job
Requirements
- A degree in Information Technology is required.
- Five to seven years of experience requires ability to work effectively as both a team leader and member of a small technical team in an agile development environment.
- Five to seven years of experience requires a track record in capability and competency building and staff coaching.
- A minimum of one to two years of experience as a manager running a portfolio of more than 10 technical experts is required.
- Eight to ten years of experience translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing programming code to create solutions.
- Technical competencies include Agile Engineering, API Engineering, Automation, Cloud Computing, and Continuous Delivery.
Responsibilities
- Scope, plan, design, and deliver end-to-end solutions according to required standards and timelines.
- Oversee and participate in technical solution delivery by interpreting business requirements, defining technical tasks, engineering quality software, performing end-to-end testing, and supporting and troubleshooting technical questions, software, and database issues.
- Lead, manage, and mentor software and quality engineers across identified delivery teams to build and improve engineering capability.
- Be accountable for end-to-end engineering delivery across three to five identified delivery teams comprising 15 to 25 resources, adhering to set standards, practices, and quality expectations.
- Adopt and adhere to suitable agreed development methodologies and principles through work outputs and behaviours that enable continuous delivery and development across the production environment, and collaborate with colleagues and stakeholders to meet targets and deliver customer value.
- Build, code, and review user and system interfaces, including menus, screen dialogues, inputs, reports, validation and error correction, processing rules, access, security, audit controls, recovery routines, and contingency procedures, to ensure they meet agreed specifications.
- Conduct quality assurance and approve developed code against supplied specifications for production deployment.
- Construct, interpret, and execute end-to-end system and program tests to verify correct operation of completed systems.
- Prepare unit test cases and review unit test cases produced by other developers as required.
- Improve delivery flow and team performance by removing blockers and improving the quality of deliverables.
- Direct and participate in resolving incidents and failures, implement remediation actions, and ensure appropriate technical support.
About the company
Standard Bank Group operates banking, insurance and investment businesses focused on Africa, serving individuals, families, businesses and institutional clients. Its services cover everyday accounts and payments, savings and lending, business finance, corporate transactions and investment banking. The group also manages insurance, asset management and wealth offerings that support clients through different financial needs and stages of life. Local banking operations connect with international centres and offshore hubs to support cross-border activity, trade and access to financial markets. Founded in 1862, the group is headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Company Size
10,001+
Company Stage
N/A
Total Funding
N/A
Headquarters
Johannesburg, South Africa
Founded
1862
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What believers are saying
- Learners earn while qualifying: Standard Bank combines a monthly stipend with a formal SAQA-accredited qualification.
- Graduates receive ongoing guidance: Standard Bank gives programme participants access to mentors, coaches and on-the-job development.
- Further study receives support: education funding and professional certification assistance are among benefits that vary by location.
What critics are saying
- A learnership is not a permanent-job offer: Standard Bank requires graduates of that programme to apply through recruitment.
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- Settlement work has strict controls: the Nairobi equity-operations officer must process securities accurately and prevent operational losses.
What makes Standard Bank Group unique
- African coverage is extensive: Standard Bank lists operations in 21 sub-Saharan countries, four global centres and two offshore hubs.
- Banking has a developer channel: Standard Bank operates a dedicated API Marketplace.
- China trade has a banking partner: Standard Bank works with ICBC on Africa-China market connections.
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