Job Summary

•    The role requires strategic thinking and planning and provide expertise throughout the entire product development life cycle with a strong sense of quality ownership making sure that quality is baked in from the start.  •    The individual will also take responsibility for ensuring all development tasks meet quality criteria through proper planning and designing, quality assurance and issue tracking.  •    Accountable for mitigating business risks through timely, precise execution and validation of infrastructural changes.  •    The individual must work closely with development and Infra teams to create plans for enhancements and application fixes.  •    Work under minimal supervision to carry out procedures and execute agreed changes to ensure that the application meeting project engagement and requirements. The design must comply with Bank standards.  •    Oversee the delivery and maintenance of automated scenarios and frameworks based on industry best practices.

Technical skills and competencies required:

• 6+ years of hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing and operation stability.
• Proficient in coding in one or more languages, with focus towards backend Java 11
• Having strong understanding in Java Microservices Development with RESTful API or GraphQL endpoints.
• Strong problem-solving skills, Data Structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with databases like Postgres SQL, MySQL.
• Very good understanding in Multithreading and concurrency, Collections.
• Should have good understandings in Spring security, Spring AOP and Spring JPA.
• Should have Strong skills on developing User Interaction screens using React.js / Angular and node JS( with Express).
• Solid understanding in agile methodologies such as CI/CD Jenkins, Application resiliency, security
• Experience in Version Control Systems ( e.g. GIT, Bitbucket, ADO).
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple tasks Simultaneously.
• Basic understanding in Docker and Kubernetes.

Key Responsibilities

•    Manage and coordinate dependencies, risks, issues to ensure the successful delivery of the project.  •    Manage the communication channels and relationships with senior stakeholders. •    Ensure all stakeholders are sufficiently briefed.  •    Contribute to the management, monitoring and delivery of remediation action plans and outcomes where needed, in line with expectations / requirements.  •    Perform functional and technical Infrastructure review activities as per engagement in the project.  •    Identify the Automation opportunities and define the approach. q Identify test environment requirements and liaise (and coordinate) with teams.  •    Conduct periodic reviews and inspections of project deliverables and provide feedback.  •    Participate in project meetings to provide feedback and statistics of the project

Strategy •    Able to understand and work as per the Domain and Bank’s wider strategy

Business •    Knowledge of Credit Risk PD, EAD and LGD Models for Retail business clients

Processes •    Good understanding and able to apply processes laid down within the team, and/or standards as defined by project and SCB.  •    Provide technical expertise in Automation, Infra Methodologies, Admin Processes, Development best practises, Tools and Techniques across the teams.  •    Be an escalation point for all matters related to Infrastructural changes.

Risk Management •    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.  

Skills and Experience

• Java 11, JAva Microservices & React Js
• Restful API,
• GraphQL endpoints,
• Problem-solving skills

Qualifications

• Good to have certifications in Python and Cloud technologies

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.