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 scope, plan, design and deliver end to end solutions against required standards and timelines. To oversee and participate in technical solutions delivery, interpreting business requirements, defining technical tasks, engineer quality software, performing end to end testing and supporting and troubleshooting technical questions, software and database issues. To lead, manage and mentor Software, Quality Engineers across identified delivery teams to build and improve Engineering capability.
Institutionalise test automation as a foundational capability within the technology function.
Strong proficiency in languages such as Python or Java, enabling the development and maintenance of robust automation scripts and tools.
Drive continuous improvement through the use of metrics, dashboards, reporting, and retrospectives.
Collaborate closely with release management and governance leads to ensure full traceability of test coverage and adherence to compliance standards.
Mentor and upskill team members to build sustainable internal automation capabilities.
Qualifications
- Degree: Information Technology (Min)
Additional Information
Experience Required: Software Engineering
5-7 years: Proven ability to work effectively as both a team leader and as a member of a small team of technical staff working in an agile development environment. Track record in capability and competency building and coaching of staff is required. Minimum 1-2 years' experience as a manager running a portfolio of 10+ technical experts
8-10 years: Broad experience in translating business and functional requirements into technical specifications and developing the programming code to create the solutions.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Checking Things
- Developing Expertise
- Documenting Facts
Technical Competencies:
- Agile Engineering
- API Engineering
- Automation
- Cloud Computing
- Continuous Delivery (CD)