Standard Bank Group is the largest African banking group by assets offering a full range of banking and related financial services. "Africa is our home, we drive her growth” Our vision is to be the leading financial services organisation in, for and across Africa, delivering exceptional client experiences and superior value. This sets the primary goals and standard of excellence we intend to achieve in the medium term. With a heritage of over 150 years, we have an on-the-ground presence in 20 countries in sub‑Saharan Africa; fit-for-purpose representation outside Africa; and a strategic partnership with the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). In line with the realities of risk, regulation, technology and competition that characterise our operating context, we continue to invest significantly in our diversified operations; our people and culture; our systems and infrastructure; and our brand. In doing so, we understand that our commercial success and social relevance over the long term depends on placing our clients at the centre of everything we do, and ensures that the outcomes of our activities are a catalyst for growth on this continent we call home. The long-term foreign currency ratings for The Standard Bank of South Africa, the single largest operating entity within the Standard Bank Group, are: Fitch Ratings BBB- (negative), Moody’s Baa2 (negative) and Standard & Poor’s BBB- (negative). The group is listed on the JSE Limited, share code SBK, and the Namibian Stock Exchange, share code SNB. The largest bank in the world, ICBC, is a 20.1% shareholder in the group. Other than the 20.1% ICBC shareholding, 32.9% of Standard Bank’s shareholder base is foreign. We subscribe to the Code of Banking Practice, a set of principles governing banking in South Africa and ensuring the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and fairness.Job Description Design, build and support secure backend services, APIs, integrations and data services for core financial services platforms. This includes insurance and asset management platforms, and extends to other core platforms required to support banking, investment, customer, operational or regulatory journeys. The role focuses on API-first engineering, system integration, service reliability, data quality, security, deployment readiness and production support.  Qualifications Type of Qualification:  First Degree Field of Study:  Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field Preferred Certifications - Cloud fundamentals, API/security certification, Agile/DevOps, database fundamentals or related backend engineering certification  Experience Required 3-5 Years Experience in backend development, API engineering, or systems integration. Hands-on software development experience using Java, Spring Boot, Node.js, Python, or other comparable backend technologies. Experience in unit testing, API documentation, environment preparation and readiness, release management support, and production issue troubleshooting. Exposure to the insurance, asset management, banking, or broader financial services industry will be an added advantage. Additional Information Behavioural Competencies: Adopting Practical Approaches Checking Things Developing Expertise Managing Tasks Team Working Technical Competencies: Backend development; API engineering; Microservices System integration; database design/querying; event-driven patterns CI/CD; automated and unit testing Swagger/OpenAPI documentation Security engineering; monitoring/logging Design Thinking Systems Design Production troubleshooting Data quality; reconciliation and reporting support.