Standard Bank | Software Engineering

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank . Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Get Career Ready

Complete work that simulates life on the job. 3-4 hours and self-paced.

Stand out in your application to Standard Bank . Show us you're a motivated candidate.

Why complete this job simulation

A risk-free way to experience work on the job with us at Standard Bank . Practice your skills with example tasks and build your confidence to ace your applications.

Self-paced3-4 hoursNo gradesNo assessmentsAdvanced

Welcome to the Software Engineering Job Simulation! We are so excited to have you here!

Here at Standard Bank, we’re passionate about driving sustainable, inclusive growth across Africa. The kind of growth that will make a positive and lasting impact on all our lives. And we put Africa’s dreams, our clients’ dreams, and our peoples’ dreams at the heart of everything we do.

During this programme, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a Standard Bank team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our Software Engineering team does every day. You’ll learn how to understand token-based authentication, identify and encode faces within images, and create personalised views.

We hope this programme provides a great resource for you to up-skill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at Standard Bank Group!

All tasks, materials, companies, and people featured in this programme are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.

Skills you will learn and practice:

Authentication

Java Programming

Information Security

Python Programming

AWS Lambda

SQL Database

Data Management

Database Management

Django Framework

Software Architecture

How it works

Introduction from Standard Bank

Tasks in this program

Task One: Token-Based Authentication

30-60 mins

Advanced

Secure a mobile app with JSON web tokens (JWTs).

What you'll learn

SBA has recently launched a mobile banking app, and you'll be working on improving authentication and data management
How to use the Spring Boot framework
What JSON web tokens are and how they can be used to secure a mobile app

What you'll do

Set up your development environment
Come up with a development plan
Develop a Spring Boot authentication app

Reviews

Over 400

5 Star Reviews

"Real world problems were presented to me and at the same time the most appropriate tools for solving these problems were shown to me. That kind of knowledge individuals like me cannot pick up from reading extensive documentation."-- Student from University of Swaziland

"This Program allows you to actually learn Frameworks and Technical abilities that are very used in industry. I like the documentation and how it is easy to understand."-- Student from California State University, Long Beach

"I like the way they make the learners think about the tasks....and the complicated situation dealing"-- Student from SRM Institute Of Science & Technology ( Deemed University)

"The program provides real world scenarios and problems, which help sharpen the skill of coding and managing data and also security levels of authentication with applications"-- Student from Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science

"I got to learn different technologies like Spring boot, Django and OpenCV which I have not used before. I got hands on experience by building real world projects."-- Student from My institution is not listed

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