Job Summary

The FM Digital Channels (Blade) team is responsible for cross-product transactional pricing of derivatives within Standard Chartered. In particular, we are looking for someone to join our team of Haskell developers in London to develop the pricing backend for the Blade Team.

You will work alongside business stakeholders and other teams in Financial Markets to implement and frequently deploy new functionality that will be used in the bank’s mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, extensive experience with applying functional programming, the ability to learn about the business domain, and the ability to interact well with business stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

As a senior developer, you’ll be driving our platform forwards and delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements. Based in London, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations.

Key Attributes 

• An excellent Haskell developer with good software design principles and the ability to write robust code and accompanying test suites.
  • We are willing to consider proficiency in other functional languages like OCaml or Scala as well, but knowledge of Haskell is a plus.
• Ability to write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why.
• Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort.
• Take ownership and responsibility for the full development lifecycle. 
• Experience working in an agile development environment. 
• A team player, capable of engaging with other teams.
• Knowledge and experience of financial markets systems is a plus.

Strategy

• Contribute to the definition of the team’s technical roadmap and ensure the adherence to it.

Business

• Take ownership of the of design and delivery of assigned features. Take ownership for and drive the delivery of platform-wide initiatives and issue remediation.

Processes

• Contribute to and participate in the team’s process improvements initiatives. 

People & Talent

• Participate in hiring, engage in peer coaching.

Skills and Experience

• Fluent in English (speaking and writing)
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• People Management
• SDLC incl. Agile & Waterfall 
• Architecture and System Design   
• Experience with using Linux environments
• Experience with developing server-side software 
• Application Development Experience (past or current)    
• Financial markets domain knowledge
• Demonstrable experience with software development using functional programming languages, preferably Haskell or other such as OCaml and Scala.
• MSc or PhD in Computing Science or another STEM field is preferable, but optional in the presence of extensive experience in functional programming.

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.