BBD Graduate Programme Offers Full-Time Employment and Mentored Client Projects
The BBD Graduate Programme combines full-time employment with a year of structured learning, mentoring and live client-project experience. The current South African opportunity is listed as SA27-I on BBD’s official careers website.
BBD Graduate Programme: what is offered
BBD’s programme information says graduates join as full-time employees from day one, working with client teams while developing their skills. The formal South African programme starts in January and runs for a year, with advisors, mentors and individual and group learning.
The employer also describes a landing allowance for university-qualified new employees, subject to terms and conditions. No allowance amount is stated. Current programme pages describe starting salaries as linked to academic results but do not publish numerical salary bands.
Who can apply for SA27-I?
The vacancy targets newly qualified candidates in computing, software or computer engineering, IT and informatics, including relevant diploma and degree pathways. It also allows consideration of demonstrable technology portfolios. Applicants need a strong academic record and evidence of engagement with technology beyond formal study.
Do not assume that every programme track uses identical entry criteria. Compare your background with the specific vacancy and follow the employer’s instructions for the application you select.
Preparing a useful technology portfolio
A small, understandable portfolio can be stronger than a long list of unfinished repositories. Select projects that you can explain clearly: what problem you were solving, what you built, how you tested it and what you would improve next.
Check that a reviewer can open the links without requesting access to private material. Add a readable overview and setup instructions where appropriate. Remove passwords, tokens, private datasets and other sensitive information before sharing anything publicly. Never include a former employer’s confidential code as a work sample.
If a project was completed with a team, describe your own contribution. If you used a tutorial, template or AI assistance, be prepared to explain what you understood, changed and verified. Honest descriptions give a more useful picture of your abilities than presenting borrowed work as entirely your own.
Documents and selection steps
The advert asks for an updated CV, ID copy, recent academic results or Matric certificate, and a link to personal code projects where available. Its stated selection process moves from portal submission to a technical challenge, review, interview and a possible offer.
These stages are conditional. Submission does not guarantee an assessment invitation, and completing an assessment does not guarantee an interview or an offer.
- Open the official SA27-I graduate vacancy.
- Review its full entry requirements and application notes.
- Use the Apply now link to reach the BBD careers form.
- Provide accurate education details and the requested documents.
- Check all portfolio links before submitting.
- Retain any confirmation and follow subsequent instructions from the employer.
No closing date is displayed on the pages checked. Availability can change, so use the live vacancy rather than assuming that an undated listing remains open indefinitely.
Frequently asked questions
Is this only classroom training?
No. BBD describes full-time employment and client-team work alongside structured graduate learning.
Is a salary amount confirmed?
No numerical amount appears on the current official pages checked. Obtain the terms applicable to an offer directly from BBD.
Does a portfolio automatically replace a qualification?
The advert says candidates with demonstrable technology work may also be considered. That is not automatic acceptance.
Read the official SA27-I vacancy | Read BBD’s graduate programme information
Independent publisher. Reign Gigs is not the employer.
For another current graduate route, read the Core Group sales graduate guide. Its entry conditions and work focus differ from BBD’s technology programme.
