Sanlam is looking for unemployed graduates to apply for their Accelerated Development Programme, for the year 2026.
Location : Cape Town, South Africa
Closing date: 24 August 2025
Sanlam Accelerated Development Programme 2026
What will you do?
The Sanlam Data, AI and Engineering Academy is offering two exciting development opportunities over a 13-month period, aimed at launching your career in either the Data or Software Engineering.
Data and AI:
- You are passionate about all things related to data: finding patterns in data, using data to build insight, aid decision-making and process action, and to create real value.
- You want to establish strong foundations in data management and data engineering, in a fast-moving and complex enterprise data domain.
- You’re interested in tackling complex data problems, and learning how to apply AI, ML, predictive analytics and generative AI to datasets to deliver unique insights, prompts and direction.
- You aspire to develop your analytical skills to grow your career in roles such as Data Analyst, Data Scientist, Data Engineer, or AI/ML engineer.
Software Engineering & AI:
- You have a passion for engineering and solving complex problems.
- You aspire to grow in the domains of engineering and modern engineering with an interest in cloud-native architecture, Infrastructure as Code and application integration
- You want to solve problems by applying the latest innovations in the digital world, modern engineering practices, as well as modern integration patterns, and AI techniques.
- You seek a career as a Software Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Test Engineer, Integration Specialist or Architect.
During the 13-month program you will receive
- Ongoing technical training, real-world enterprise-level experience, business acumen and competency-based training in a professional environment.
- Guidance through coaching and mentorship from subject matter experts in the Sanlam Technology and Sanlam Analytics Teams to ensure that you are well-equipped to grow and become successful in your chosen career.
- The opportunity to work cross-functionally in order to learn across various disciplines and be equipped with a diverse skillset, gaining access to multiple parts of the data and tech capabilities, and working with multiple parts of the business.
- Rotate to different IT and business teams to get exposure to a variety of tech and data disciplines, enabling you to find the best fit for your skills and interests.
- The opportunity to participate in innovation competitions and tech learning days, such as the SGT data day, and hackathons.
- Functional training with world class facilitators and hands-on experience with the leading IT & BI tools and technology that will enable you to play a key role in Sanlam’s strategy to modernise the IT agenda and drive the data driven decision making capability.
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What will make you successful in this role?
- An innovative mindset and problem-solving ability
- A passion for data and technology
- The ability to juggle deadlines and tasks from various stakeholders
- A high value of client centricity and collaboration
- Be open to receive feedback for continuous personal growth
Qualification and Experience
- BCom, BSc, BTech:
- Information Technology / Computer Science
- Data Science / Data Analytics / Business Intelligence
- Statistics / Mathematics / Finance / Actuarial
- Industrial / Electrical / Chemical / Civil / Mechanical Engineering, BEng
Knowledge & Skills
They do not expect you to come with a wealth of knowledge as their curriculum will cover everything you need to know. However, it does help if you have a basic understanding of the following:
- Programming languages and frameworks such as Python, Java, .Net, and SQL
- Data analysis, modelling and visualisation
- Business and process analysis
Application
Application can only be done online, Click here to submit your application