Job Summary

• Preferably 8+ Years of experience in Application Development using Java and Advance Technologies tool
• Strong understanding of fundamental architecture and design principles, object-orientation principles, and coding standards
• Experience in building extensible and scalable solutions
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Good knowledge in DevOps, CI-CD
• Understanding on source control, versioning, branching etc.
• Experienced in Agile methodology and Waterfall models
• Strong experience in Application Delivery, that also includes Production Support
• Very Good presentation and documentation skills
• Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and frameworks
• Awareness about Release Management
• Strong team player who can collaborate effectively with relevant stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats);

Our Ideal Candidate

Must Have

Strong programming and hands-on skills in Java 8 or above
Good hands on Java Collections and Streams
Good experience in developing Spring Framework applications
Good knowledge on Spring DI/Blueprints, Spring Boot, etc.
Good knowledge about Design Patterns and Principles
Good knowledge on OR frameworks like Hibernate, JPA etc.
Good knowledge on API building (Web Service, SOAP/REST)
Good knowledge on Unit testing and code coverage using JUnit/Mockito
Good knowledge on code quality tools like SonarQube etc.
Good knowledge on containerized platforms like Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS (AWS)
Good knowledge in Enterprise Application Integration patterns (synchronous, asynchronous)
Good knowledge on multi-threading and multi-processing implementations
Experience in RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
Knowledge on SQL queries
Ability to work in quick paced, dynamic environment adapting agile methodologies
Ability to work with minimal guidance and/or high-level design input
Knowledge on Microservices based development and implementation
Knowledge on CI-CD pattern with related tools like GIT, Bitbucket, Jenkins, ADO, JIRA, etc.
Knowledge on JSON libraries like Jackson/GSON
Knowledge on basic Unix Commands
Possess good documentation and presentation skills
Able to articulate ideas, designs, and suggestions
Mentoring fellow team members, conducting code reviews

Good to Have

• Hands-on skills in J2EE specifications like JAX-RS, JAX-WS
• Experience in working and supporting OLTP and OLAP systems
• Good Knowledge on Spring Batch
• Good knowledge in Linux Operating System (Preferably RHEL)
• Good knowledge on NoSQL offerings (Cassandra, MongoDB, GraphDB, etc)
• Good Understanding code quality tools like SonarQube etc.
• Knowledge on testing methodologies like performance testing, smoke testing, stress testing, endurance testing, etc.
• Knowledge in Python, Groovy
• Knowledge in middleware technologies like Kafka, Apache MQ, RabbitMQ etc.
• Knowledge in DSE DataStax or Neo4j
• Cloud environments knowledge (AWS / Azure etc.)
• Knowledge on IMDG (Hazelcast, Ignite)
• Knowledge on Rule Engines like Drools, OpenL Tablets, Easy Rules etc.
• Experience in presenting solutions to architecture forums and follow the principles and standards in implementation

Domain: Good to Have

• Experience in application development for any Banking applications
• Good knowledge on Cloud native application development, and knowledge of Cloud computing services
• Training, Qualifications and Certifications
• Training/qualifications and Certifications in some of the functional and/or technical domains as mentioned will be an added advantage

Qualifications

• MASTERS/ENGINEERING/ANYTHING SIMILAR

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.