Tech Graduate Programme

About this role

Nedbank is offering a 24-month graduate programme based in Johannesburg. The programme is for high-potential graduates who want to grow into technology leaders, solution architects or distinguished engineers. It is a fixed-term contract.

What you’ll do

• Work on assigned projects and technology initiatives that support the bank.
• Help deliver new technology solutions, working with engineering, architecture, data and infrastructure teams.
• Use what you learned at university to solve real business and technical problems.
• Take part in structured learning, coaching, mentoring and leadership development.
• Help improve processes and take part in innovation activities.
• Deliver work on time, to agreed standards and quality levels, and build good working relationships with stakeholders.

What you need

• A completed bachelor’s degree (NQF Level 7) or higher.
• Your degree must be in one of these fields: Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Data Science, Computational and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics, Actuarial Science, Software Engineering, Statistics, or Physics (including Applied, Mathematical, Computational or Quantum Physics), or a closely related quantitative discipline.
• A minimum of 65% aggregate average across your completed qualification.
• Advantageous: You are a recent graduate or have less than 24 months of relevant work experience.
• Advantageous: You have completed an internship or vacation work.
• You must be willing to be based in Johannesburg. Candidates from across South Africa can apply.

Is this job for you?

This programme suits recent graduates with strong academic results in a technology, data, mathematics or physics field. If you want structured training and mentoring before you pick a technical career path, this could be a good fit.

Tips before you apply

• Have your degree certificate and academic transcript ready. Check that your average meets the 65% minimum.
• Put your final-year projects, coding work or data analysis in your CV. Show what you built and what tools you used.
• List any internship or vacation work, even if it was short. Explain what you did and what you learned.