An exciting opportunity to join a 13-month accelerated development program is available for soon-to-be or recent graduates to join the Sanlam Data, AI and Engineering Academy.
We are seeking bright and curious minds who are passionate about solving real-world problems through technology, engineering, data and artificial intelligence alongside leading technology practitioners from across the group, including FinTech, Financial Markets, Risk and Savings, Distribution, Investments, and core platform teams.
Being selected for a Data, AI and Engineering Academy Graduate position will entail:
Permanent employment from the onset.
Market-related benefits and rewards.
Participation in a structured 13-month accelerated development program.
Hands-on experience in the largest and most diverse non-banking Financial Services organisation in Africa (banking and rewards to Launch in 2027).
Exposure to leading-edge technologies and the opportunity to apply your skills in the process of designing and launching new capabilities that impact Sanlam’s core metrics and solve our biggest problems and client / intermediary needs.
Collaboration with experienced Sanlam employees and builders in the programme.
Access to mentoring, coaching and guidance from experienced technology, engineering, AI and business leaders.
Opportunity to build a career at Sanlam and gain access to opportunities across a diverse set of capabilities, propositions, and geographies.
All about Sanlam
Sanlam is one of the largest internationally active insurance organisations in the world and has the biggest non-banking financial services footprint on the African continent. The Group has an active presence in 27 countries, operating across the African continent, India, Malaysia, and selected developed markets. It is listed on the Johannesburg, A2X, and Namibian stock exchange.
Further to this, Sanlam has:
- Strategic growth investments across Africa and Asia, including a significant presence in India (Shriram) and the SanlamAllianz partnership that expands Sanlam's reach to Africa.
- Entered into specialist insurance capabilities through the Santam Lloyd's Syndicate 1918 in London, enabling global underwriting.
- Partnered with GoTyme to build innovative digital banking and financial services capabilities, creating new opportunities in banking, lending and ecosystem-based financial solutions.
- Developed Sanlam's own enterprise AI platforms, orchestration capabilities and AI engineering ecosystem to enable responsible, scalable and secure AI adoption across the Group.
- Invested in cloud, data and engineering platforms, including enterprise-wide cloud migration, modern data (Snowflake, FiveTran, dbt) platforms, AI capabilities and API-driven ecosystems that support future growth.
The application of technology and data is at the heart of our success. We strive to transform into a tech company with a strategy and associated investments geared towards the optimal use of technology to achieve objectives and market advantage. To this end, we are in the midst of a full cloud migration to AWS and the scaling of cloud-first data (Snowflake, dbt) and AI platforms (Bedrock, AI AgentCore, Claude), agentic engineering and have sourced talent from AWS, Google, Meta and Spotify, amongst others.
The Sanlam Data, AI and Engineering Academy forms part of Sanlam Group Technology. It is designed to build data analytical and technical skills which are critical in a fast-growing technological and data-driven environment, and critical to Sanlam’s success. We seek to build careers for people who can help meet Sanlam’s stakeholder promises, drive further growth, and prepare for the evolving roles and professions that will shape the future of work, within the Sanlam Group.
