Lead Product Engineer

time left to apply End Date: November 29, 2024 (5 days left to apply)
job requisition id R-15967042
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Technical Lead Developers required for a new BTB Support team in CIB Market Risk Technology. Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
Technical Lead Developers required for a new BTB Support team in CIB Market Risk Technology. Build high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications & build capability in others to do the same. This includes but is not limited to applying critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving skills in an agile team environment to solve complex technical problems (Front End, Back End and Integration) with high quality solutions & leading all phases of the development lifecycle to deliver.Job Description Key critical skills and experience required: Relevant B-Degree in Computer Science preferred but not essential if minimum requirements of experience & practical application is evident.Min 8 years of development experience in Python, C# 4.5 and up, .Net core, C++, MS SQL, XSLTTechnical skills: Software Design and Development, Business Analysis, Quality Assurance, Release ManagementFinancial Markets / Mathematical Finance experienceRelevant Market Risk Product knowledgeAbility to identify, solve problems and build solutionsExcellent interpersonal, communication and stakeholder's management skillsAbility to perform in a challenging and dynamic environmentAdvantageous: Experience in Front Arena (or equivalent system) development / consulting projectsExperience in: Front Arena AEF: ACM, AEL, ADFL, ASQLInvestment Banking / Capital Markets IT domain experienceFunctional skills: In depth understanding of asset classes such as equity, Fixed Income, Credit, FX, their valuation models and product lifecycle, Financial Risk Management, Regulatory and risk reporting, trading and Position management.Knowledge of FA components such as PRIME, ADS, AMB, AMBA, ATS, AMWI, PACE, APS, AFG-AMB, SWIFT adapters, Adaptiv Docs etc.Key Accountabilities: Contribute to and in some cases lead all phases of the development lifecycle including e.g. design processDetermine operational feasibility of solutions by evaluating analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development and proposed solutionsDevelop high quality software / application design and architecture in a test driven & domain driven / cross domain environmentQuickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutionsEnsure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilienceApply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutionsCreate & Maintain Sophisticated CI / CD Pipelines (authoring & supporting CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins / Azure Devops or similar tools and deploy to multi-site environments – supporting and managing your applications all the way to production)Use & configure modern observability techniques to provide a deeper understanding of the application. To do this, leverage e.g. aggregated logging via ELK stack, metrics via Prometheus / Grafana / NewRelic and distributed tracing like Zipkin/Jaeger etc.Automate tasks through appropriate tools and scripting e.g. Docker, Ansible, KubernetesDebug existing source code and polish feature sets.Work with guilds and other technical SME's to improve and evolve technical products and servicesApply unit testing frameworks and perform integration, validation and verification testing (apply knowledge of stubbing tools e.g. wiremock, hoverfly etc.)Apply version control and related concepts and techniquesAlign all application development & development process to Group Architecture, Security & Infrastructure guidelines• Work with project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applicationsStay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices e.g. scripting languages, containerization etc.Contribute to the design & evolution of Group Architecture, Infrastructure & associated technical standards for the organizationWhy might you be interested in this role? Learn the domain of Corporate and Investment BankingOpen international career opportunities by learning an industry-leading trading and risk platformHelp to build and grow a high-performing development teamContribute to improving and modernising software development practicesWork for one of South Africa's leading Banks and top employers of choiceEarn highly competitive compensation and benefitsEnjoy continuous growth and development with opportunities to move within the BankReceive financial support for continued learning (courses, certifications, tertiary, etc.)We have a culture that values: Ownership and autonomyDiversity and the unique contribution of individualsTeamwork and collaborationContinuous improvementInnovationAgile ways of workExperimenting without fear of failureEducation
Bachelor's Degree: Information TechnologyAbsa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank. Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised About UsTruly AfricanWe are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda, and Zambia. We also have offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, a Technology Hub in Prague, and insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

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