Job Summary

A senior Java software engineer is required to work across financial applications within SCB. These applications are used by several hundred operators across the Investment Bank.

Key Responsibilities

•    Develop interfaces and integrate with upstream/downstream.
•    To perform code review and mentor junior developers.
•    As technical expert to support Production issue.
•    Work with QA team to support SIT/UAT/PT test.
•    Monitoring, Optimizing and Capacity Planning for the application.
•    Prepare documentation as required to follow SCB rules.
•    Meet the tight project delivery timelines 
•    Able to solve complex requirements and issues, and work with Vendor to troubleshooting.
•    Look for process improvements at all the stages of the project

Strategy
•    Design the solution and define the technical roadmap from the current to target architecture.    
•    Implement the integration with the Global CIB Technology systems and other TP systems, to help identify and overcome technology impediments as part of the solution implementation.
•    Providing state of the art technical solutions, which integrate seamlessly with the Bank’s front-to-back architecture.

Business
•    Implement the CIB data platform change agenda and solution, as well as ensuring the platform remains stable and meets the ever-increasing data volumes and business demands.
•    Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery, to agreed time, quality and cost
•    Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. 
•    Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to design, develop, test, and maintain software solutions owned by CIB Technology 
•    Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team  
•    Ensure software is designed, developed, and tested in accordance with established standards. 
•    Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code.
•    Be part of any RFP process where vendor solutions are being considered, to meet a specific requirement

Processes
•    Instil AGILE best practices in the technology delivery teams, providing technical and coaching and mentoring.

Delivery management
•    Use appropriate tools like ADO, Confluence, etc to ensure that project task is clear and unambiguous.

Key Stakeholders
Internal
•    Regulatory Reporting and Regulatory Compliance
•    ITO program and project leads
•    Up and downstream platform owners and SME’s
•    Project stakeholders cross function/globally
•    FM Architecture team
•    Production Support Services, including DBA’s, Infra, Networking and Cyber Security
•    Senior Management in SG / UK / IN/ CH.

Our Ideal Candidate

•    5+ years software development full life cycle experience on Linux. 
•    Strong experience of cloud, AWS, k8s,Docker,Podman etc. 
•    Familiar and experience with  ELK, Hadoop.
•    3+ years working experience with Oracle DB. 
•    5+ year Java/JaveEE application software development. 
•    5+ year Reactjs, Vuejs, typescript ,javascript software development. 
•    Middleware experience, familiar with ActiveMQ,Kafka,RabbitMQ, JMS and other interfaces.
•    Solid Linux shell script coding capability to automatic BAU tasks to increase efficiency.
•    Strong troubleshooting skills.
•    Good English communication skills, be able to manage communication/relationship with 3rd party vendors, and upstream App owners and other stakeholders.
•    Prior exposure to work on projects in the Banking & Financial Services Vertical is preferred
•    Bachelor/Master degree in IT related major. 
•    Agile experience is added advantage
•    Able to work under pressure and demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm and rapid learning capability, and detail oriented

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.