Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

We are looking for a Software Quality Engineer to join our Payments Engineering team responsible for ensuring the quality, reliability, and resilience of the bank’s card and payment processing platforms. This role reflects the modern Quality Engineering model, where engineers embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle through continuous testing, observability, automation, and measurable delivery outcomes.

Type of Qualification: Degree
Field of Study: Information Technology

Experience Required
Software Engineering
Technology
5-7 years
Proven working experience in software development Life Cycle

Experience in implementing automation-first testing practices across UI, APIs, and messaging layers, integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and using monitoring and production telemetry to continuously improve system quality.

• Understanding of secure testing practices, including:
  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
• Ability to derive test scenarios from frameworks such as OWASP ASVS.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Developing Expertise

Technical Competencies:

• Test Automation
• API & Integration Testing
• Payments Domain Expertise
• CI/CD & DevOps
• Zabbix