JOB SUMMARY

• We are seeking talented and motivated individuals for the role of Agile Developer. Successful candidates will be experienced programmers who can develop user stories, develop test cases, break down, design, and develop solutions in an environment with constant collaborative discussions. They will be matured individuals who are comfortable working in an agile environment with critical peer reviews of design and code. They must be able to offer constructive critical reviews of other’s designs and code. They must be able to collaboratively work with product owners to develop use stories and test cases. They will be able to research, trial, and recommend new technologies of interest to the group. They will have experience with taking code through testing, deployment, and production and will not have merely handed off code to QA and Production Support.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• At least 3+ years of experience in Micro service API development using the Java frameworks.
• Experience on developing REST and SOAP API's
• Strong administration and development skills using API Integration with in house application, third party vendor applications, including Trading Networks;
• Hands on experience in docker based environment – including Kubernetes or Openshift container platform.
• See changes through to completion – discovery, coding, configuration, testing, documentation, review packaging and production deployment.
• Experience in performance tuning and running PT using j-meter or similar tools
• Ensure adherence and continuous improvement of Agile practices, coaches and teaches new techniques to the Team as needed to achieve optimum productivity.
• Experience working in a banking domain preferred – not mandatory
• Engaging and collaborating with a wide group of technology teams from upstream TP systems, integration, modelling team, data base administrators, messaging teams, architecture
• Knowledge of Postgres or Oracle relational databases is an advantage

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role. 

Business

• Responsibilities related to the delivery of business and / or financial objectives, for example, Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates

Processes

• Reference the processes for which the Role Holder is responsible

People & Talent

• Reference all responsibilities related to people and talent matters 

Risk Management

• Responsibilities relating to identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group, as well as an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them. For example -The ability to interpret the Group’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures

Governance

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Our Ideal Candidate

Development: Good Knowledge and/or working experience in;

• Designing, developing and maintaining Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Oracle PL/SQL, Unix Shell Scripts based applications.
• Developing JMS and REST APIs, DevOps (ADO preferred), Containerization and Orchestration using Kubernetes.
• ADO Repo, CI/CD Pipeline for fully automated build (Maven) & deployment.
• Infrastructure as Code (including Infra, DB, Network, etc.)
• UT Automation (JUnit or equivalent), Prior experience in supporting Performance Testing and Tuning to meet PT Goals.
• TLS 1.2, OAuth2 Authentication, LDAP/OUD/FRDS/AD, MFA-SSO with SAML, Oracle TDE DB Encryption, Tokenization and File Encryption
• Ensuring Code Quality & Security with SonarQube or equivalent. 

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers