Job Summary

•    We are seeking an experienced Development Lead with deep expertise in Java, Lit (Web Components), and ReactJS, and an enthusiasm for integrating AI tools like GitHub Copilot to accelerate development. You will be responsible for leading a full-stack team to design, build, and deliver scalable, performant web applications with a modern architecture. You will also champion the integration of AI-assisted development tools to enhance productivity and code quality.

•    This role is responsible to deliver Data management Solutions, and the individual is expected to have sound knowledge in Privacy domain. The position will be responsible for leading the development team and engineering solutions, implementation, and maintenance. This role will also require coordination with multiple business areas within and outside the CDO Stakeholders to ensure requirements are effectively implemented to promote compliance objectives for the Data risks (Privacy, Data Quality, Records, Sovereignty and AI). 

•    To be successful in this role, the candidate should have solid experience in developing cutting edge engineering solutions including emerging technologies, tools, and must be able to embed efficiencies through artificial intelligence in the development cycles. Good knowledge in the Data Privacy and data by design principles is essential for designing and implementing the solutions.

Solution Design & Delivery

•    Lead a team of developers across frontend, backend, and integration workstreams.
•    Architect and implement scalable applications using Java (Spring Boot), React, and Lit.
•    Drive adoption of AI development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to improve engineering velocity and developer experience.
•    Ensure best practices in coding, testing, CI/CD, and version control (Git/GitHub).
•    Collaborate with product managers and UI/UX designers to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions.
•    Conduct regular code reviews, mentor team members, and encourage clean, maintainable code.
•    Uphold architectural standards, development guidelines, and performance benchmarks. Work with Solution Architecture Team to make sure the deployment architecture does meet the required standards and the strategic roadmap. upkeep of the architecture documentation covering functional flow & physical deployment details 
•    Identify technical debt and areas for refactoring or improvement.
•    Lead sprint planning, estimation, and delivery in an Agile environment.
•    Stay updated on trends in AI-assisted development and modern frontend frameworks.
•    Maintain subject matter knowledge of data management & its related technology frameworks
•    Responsible for assisting with the management of the data privacy, data protection, data usability, performance, and the integrity of the privacy solutions
•    Maintain awareness and knowledge around vendor products, offerings, and in-house solutions
•    Perform evaluations on applicability to Data and Privacy ecosystem & the requirements, together with PO's, SM's, SME’s and other stakeholders
•    Scrutinize project constraints to analyze alternatives, mitigate risks, and conduct process re-engineering as necessary, while always taking into consideration regulatory requirements
•    Lead and drive inter-tower collaboration within SCB infrastructure, development, security. ITSM & other organizations to enable smooth execution of delivery plan
•    Be accountable to meet the release cycle compliance - SDF process. Build, maintain & store artifacts in ADO, Confluence, etc.

Key Responsibilities

Stakeholder Engagements

•    Partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions – deep understanding of the problem and context along with ownership are key to be successful in this role
•    Provide regular update on delivery progress and raise Risks' & Issues proactively and take actions to mitigate them.
•    Own the end-to-end Delivery plan along with Head, Solution Engg for customer privacy and the PO
•    Act as a representative to the key business stakeholders in day-to-day matters

Vendor Management

•    Assist in discussion with vendor team on architecture, deployment, capacity decisions
•    Assist Review with Vendor Service Review Calls
•    Document SLA, ticket priority, support portals, contact points, email, phone numbers which can be used for service request, issues, new enhancements, additional licensing etc.

SRE

•    Initiate and comply to the SRE NFR's checklist
•    Integrate with the central observability platform to ease SRE's manual monitoring workload
•    Work with business to agree & define SLA
•    Enable Infra & Application Capacity reviews to help plan uplifts for stability
•    License consumption tracking to ensure no breaches and plan ahead

Strategy

•    Awareness and alignment to the Group Data & AI as well as the T&A Technology Strategy and ensure solutions are adhering for the long term

Business

•    Drive to deliver the assigned workloads of the CDO Data & AI OKR’s and Mercury Programme commitments. Ensure the solutions are aligned and help the wider business and functions risk reduction for Data.

People & Talent

•    Mentor and guide junior engineering teams in emerging technologies and upskilling as per the skills development frameworks.

Risk Management

•    Ensure compliance to eSDLC 
•    Ensure compliance to Data & ICS Policies
•    Assist it identifying the reduction of data risks jointly with the Product owner and the Head of Solution Engineering for Privacy.

Governance

•    Ensure knowledge of the technology governance and compliance to T&A , DAP Governance.

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.

Key stakeholders

•    CDO Product Owner(s) and delegates
•    DSP/Mercury Squads
•    Data SME’s
•    Business & Functions SME’s
•    Data Architects
•    Security Architects
•    T&A Software Engineering Leads

•    Demonstrate good knowledge of data privacy, data handling and data classification.
•    Demonstrate experience of managing data privacy solutions in a global organisation. 
•    Knowledgeable in global and European data protection laws and practices and understanding of the GDPR. 
•    Ability to develop awareness and communications at all levels
•    Strong attention to detail and problem solving mindset
•    High work standards and mentoring engineers 
•    Ability to prioritise and work to tight deadlines and manage own workload

Skills and Experience

•    Java, Springboot
•    ReactJS, LIT Frameworks
•    API’s / Integration Frameworks
•    Python, Data Engineering, Data Bricks
•    AI/ML Engineering, AI based Coding tools (GHCP, Code whisperer, etc)
•    Solution Architecture / ESDLC Process
•    Azure/ADO

Qualifications

•    Education     Bachelor’s degree 
•    Training     Privacy, ai and data
•    Certifications     Preferred  
•    Privacy/data certifications, 
•    Technology certifications (cloud, ghcp, containerisation, etc)
•    Languages     English 

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.