DBS opens over 140 engineering jobs for women

DBS Bank is offering some 140 engineering jobs for women at its Women in Technology career fair this June. According to its announcement on May 25, the bank is seeking five roles in particular: engineering lead, solution architect, ReactJS developer, full stack developer, and software development engineering in test. Applicants are required to submit a set of online assessments by 8 June, and shortlisted candidates will be invited to an online hiring day on 12 June.

This is the second time DBS has held a hiring event specifically for women engineers. The first Women in Technology career fair was held in October 2020, and drew over 500 applicants for just 50 positions, according to the bank.

Soh Siew Choo, Group Head of Big Data/AI and Consumer Banking Technology at DBS, said that the overwhelming response to the 2020 event has “shattered the myth that there is a limited pipeline of women for technology roles.”

“The key to success lies in applying an unbiased lens and targeted effort in our outreach,” she said of the bank's efforts to recruit more female tech talent. “This year, we are making a concerted push to improve female representation in engineering roles, a space which continues to see a dearth of women across the industry. We believe that by driving diversity in our engineering roles we will be able to incorporate a multiplicity of views and perspectives upstream so as to deliver outstanding digital experiences for our customers.”

While DBS did not release figures comparing the number of female tech hires before and after its launch of the Women in Tech career fair, the bank said that when it rolled out a specifically female-oriented version of its Hack2Hire recruitment event, it saw the number of applications from women rise from 5 percent to over 30 percent, and the number of offers made to women also increased by about five times.