Job Description

Job Overview

Business Segment:

Corporate & Investment Banking

Location:

ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street

Job Type:

Full-time

Job Ref ID:

80440072A-0001

Date Posted:

4/17/2025







Transforming Banking with Cutting-Edge Technology



In an ever-changing global landscape, our ability to deliver client focussed financial products and services on digital platforms, is key to the success of our franchise in and across Africa. CIB Technology powers Global Markets, Transaction Banking, and Investment Banking. The intense, high-performance environment of Global Markets and Transaction Banking makes partnering with these areas particularly exciting. CIB Technology serves non-retail customers, such as banks, public institutions, corporates, and asset managers, facilitating various transaction types from algorithmic trading to complex structured products.



Why Standard Bank?



"If you want to be the best, you need to learn from the best."



Standard Bank placed 18th in the 2024 edition of Forbes' annual ranking of the World's Best Employers, a list that includes 850 top large multinational organisations. The bank emerged as the highest ranked company from Africa and ranked second in the Banking and Financial Services sector globally.



Why should you apply?



Our graduate programme aims to attract talent with strong technical knowledge who can become thought leaders and trusted advisors. We combine theoretical learning and practical experience, supported by rotations across the CIB Technology business lifecycle. You will learn application and technology architecture processes such as analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and also gain exposure to operations, maintenance, and support of live production environments.



We utilize various technologies to give our business a competitive edge. Common technologies include JAVA, Python, Angular, GO, C, C#, C++, Salesforce, Murex, Calypso, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, SQL databases (Oracle, Sybase, MS SQL Server, Mongo), Matlab, GIT, Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence and the suite of AWS and Microsoft enterprise tools like Power Automate and Co-pilot which are increasingly becoming more relevant as our ecosystem evolves



Upon finishing the graduate program, you will possess the requisite knowledge, skills, and experience to begin your career and potentially join CIB Technology, where you can contribute to the success of Standard Bank Group.



Qualifications



Post Graduate qualification (Completed or completing in 2025)



Computer Science

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Electronic Engineering

Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Financial Mathematics

Statistics

Informatics, Information Systems

Software Development

Software Engineering

Data Engineering

Data Science

Quantitative Risk Management

Additional Information



Minimum requirements



Must be a South African citizen

Must be under 30 years of age

Maximum of two years' work experience

Minimum of 65% average over all years of study



Key skills and attributes



Working collaboratively with others

Resilience

Creative problem solving and considered decision making

Curiosity and willingness to learn

Positive attitude and self confidence

Business acumen

Please note:

All our recruitment processes comply with the applicable local laws and regulations. We will never ask for money or any from of payment as part of our recruitment process. If you experience this, please contact our Fraud line on +27 800222050 or TransactionFraudOpsSA@standardbank.co.za