ABSA

Lead Product Engineer - Java

Sandton Full time

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

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

Employment Type: Full-time

We are seeking a highly motivated Full Stack Developer to join our dynamic DevOps team, working in the CIB Payments Technology domain.

You will be instrumental in designing and building a robust, scalable system from the ground up using:

  • Backend: Java with Spring Boot

  • Frontend: Angular

  • Database: PostgreSQL

This is a hands-on development role where you’ll be involved in the entire solution lifecycle—from architecture and design to deployment and support. Our team operates in a collaborative Agile environment, with a strong focus on performance, continuous delivery, and innovation.

What We’re Looking For:

  • Proven experience in full stack development using Java Spring Boot and Angular

  • Solid understanding of relational databases, particularly PostgreSQL

  • Familiarity with AWS services, especially Lambda and serverless architecture

  • Passion for DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile team

  • Strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset

  • Interest in learning complex financial products and contributing to business growth

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a high-performing team building a strategic application from scratch

  • Work on cutting-edge cloud technologies and modern development practices

  • Gain exposure to structured finance and commodity trading

  • Opportunity to grow with the product and shape its future

 Skills, knowledge & experience required:

  • Bachelors degree in IT or related diploma

  • 7-10 years development experience in Java technology

  • Must have led or championed projects

  • Experience in containers, Kafka & Rancher.

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa 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