Barely three years ago, Nigeria’s challenger bank, Sterling Bank Plc, was named Africa’s most agile company by the World Agility Forum. It nicked the highly coveted laurel for its exemplary application of agile processes and game-changing strides that is redefining financial technology in the country.
In its portfolio are solutions that transformed, digitized, simplified, and democratised investments in treasury bills; telemedicine app that predates COVID-19 outbreak and a biobank, as well as digital lending and digital credit solutions that have disbursed over N105 billion in loans in 36 months. These and more were driven by Sterling’s three-pronged strategic pillars of agility, digitisation, and specialisation; which is about using tech-enabled solutions to solve complex problems at scale.
With a human-design approach and intention to continuously lead tech-enabled disruptions in banking, it is not surprising that Sterling Bank is engaged in another round of recruitment campaign targeting the best and brightest tech talents.
Its new clarion call to visionary, passionate and innovative tech talents seeking a launchpad for success is Code to Bank! This call targets Frontend, DevOps and Backend Engineers, UI/UX Specialists, Mobile Developers, Blockchain Engineers and Technical Writers. It is inviting them to join the tribe of code busters where conversations, connections and social interactions that feed their vision, passion and creativity are the norm. In addition, it is an opportunity to be part of a team renowned as a disruptive force shaping the future of financial services.
Top tech talents that heed this call will have opportunity to express their unique skills in blockchain technology as well as multiple automation technologies that include Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cognitive and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to create simple financial products that solve complex problems.
Guided by the knowledge that lengthy job postings or newspaper advertisements are not enough, Sterling Bank has become inventive in finding, attracting, hiring, and retaining tech talents.
The joining route is the exciting Code to Bank challenge platform. It is a gamified gateway that welcomes tech talents to Coders’ Island Mission with teasers on the need to possess coding skill level to survive. But there is a mathematical riddle to solve to access the platform.
What has coding skills got to do with solving a complicated mathematical problem? I guess only tech talents can connect the dots. Without solving the mathematics problem, there is no joining the quest to seize your territory. These are coders who are gifted, see themselves as the best, and have the passion for going beyond the ordinary. Ultimately, an elite force must come together to the King’s landing who are ready to execute missions with agility, quality, and accuracy.
This challenging, unconventional hiring approach allows the Bank to test tech talents via a platform that spotlights their technical skills approach to problem-solving and the ability to think disruptively and deliver on deadline.
While it increases the chances of Sterling Bank in hiring the best and brightest developers, it simulates the tasks applicants would face in their different roles, thereby matchmaking business with the top talents.
The search for top talents at Sterling Bank no longer rely on a series of talk interviews to learn about a candidate. Across the board, emphasis is now on immersing potential employees in the environment they will be working in to ascertain if they can walk the talk.
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