Job Description
RMB is a place where exceptional people create their own opportunities by challenging the conventional and driving sustainable impact.United by our proud heritage, strong ethics and philosophy of Traditional values. Innovative ideas, it’s the magic of our people and culture that sets us apart.
Now, is the time to imagine your next move with South Africa’s number one employer in Financial Services for 2025, where you can embrace the power of collective thinking to unlock unique opportunities for our clients and society.
The purpose of the role is as follows:
The Data Services Developer is responsible for software development, maintenance, testing and production support for applications within Markets: Data Services
Are you someone who can do the following:
Analysis and solution development
- Collaborate with Analysts and the Business to understand the requirement
- Work with developers to design and develop solutions accordingly.
- Develop scalable reliable and high-performance applications
- Collaborate within the team to determine the tasks required to deliver the solution
- Contribute to architecting solutions.
- Provide continuous feedback and input to other stakeholders.
- Act speedily to resolve problems, queries, and complaints.
- Ensures solutions are maintainable by the team
Service Excellence
- Collaborate with internal technical team/users in the resolution of critical production incidents
- Collaborate with vendors when neccessary on suitable short- and long-term solutions for incidents and new requirements
- Suggest changes in executing work processes to better drive value and benefits for the business.
Effective stakeholder relationship management
- Build and maintain professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to initiate dialogue, listen, advise, influence and negotiate to achieve win-win outcomes.
- Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure stakeholders’ requirements are delivered
- Build relationships despite arising conflicting views and seeks mutual gains when addressing conflicts
- Anticipates consequences and adapts problem solving based on continuous feedback
You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline or similar qualifications
Technical Knowledge/ skills and experience
- Development practices and SDLC
- Java SE 6, 7 and 8
- Frontend technologies (e.g. ice faces, etc): HTML, XML, JSON, JSP
- JAVA development & related toolsets such as MAVEN
- SQL development: Hibernate
- Webservices (SAOP and REST)
- Design Patterns (MVC, etc.)
- J2EE application/Web server (tomcat, etc.)
- Databases MS SQL, Sybase
- Messaging (e.g. TIBCO)
- Scheduling (e.g. Control-M)
- CICD: (TeamCity, GIT, Jenkins, Springboot)
- Caching (Redis)
- The Capital Markets Business environment
Experience:
- At least 7 years of experience delivering technical solutions requiring custom development
- Engaging with business to understand requirements
You will have access to:
- Opportunities to network and collaborate
- Challenging working
- Opportunities to innovate
We can be a match if you are:
- Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
- Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
- Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do
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Job Details
Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.
30/06/25All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.