Lead Development

The primary responsibility of this role is to deliver best-in-class data components and applications leveraging Java microservices, API architecture, Oracle, PostGreS, Lit UI frameworks and various data engineering techniques

The successful candidate will be equally comfortable with code development, test automation, pushing production grade application code, solving problems with the team in design sessions, knitting together simple technical architectures, and communicating decisions effectively with senior stakeholders.

Above all, we seek a candidate with the right attitude: opiniated and optimistic yet pragmatic and hungry to collaborate. Regardless of depth of experience, we need someone who is ready to listen and learn. 

Among the list of below skills, not all are required. The candidate must demonstrate ease and confidence in learning any skills they have not yet had a chance to hone.

o    Expert SQL and data analysis
o    Should have extensive experience with relational and NO-SQL databases
o    Strong experience deploying applications to cloud platforms like Azure, AWS
o    Some experience in MicroStrategy Reporting - backend and front-end

•    Advantages to have Back-end Java experience as well, and a desire to learn / focus on the above:
o    Strong knowledge and experience in developing application using Java 8 , J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring cloud and hibernate.
o    Strong knowledge and Hands-on experience on web application, Restful webservices and Microservices architecture.
o    Good understanding of design patterns and its usages to implement reusable components of code.
o    Good knowledge and hands on experiences with databases like Postgres, Oracle.
o    Good knowledge and experience on Junit and Mockito.
o    Experience in UI technologies and frameworks - ReactJS preferred.
o    Experience in docker technology and cloud-based applications (OpenShift, AWS, Azure etc.,)
o    Strong analytical and debugging skills.
o    Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices and coding standards.
o    Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
o    Mentor and guide other team members and code reviews
 

Key Responsibilities

• Senior Full stack Java Developer:
  • Strong knowledge and experience in developing application using Java 8 , J2EE, Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Batch, Spring cloud and hibernate.
  • Strong knowledge and Hands-on experience on web application, Restful webservices and Microservices architecture.
  • MSTR knowledge
  • Good understanding of design patterns and its usages to implement reusable components of code.
  • Good knowledge and hands on experiences with databases like Postgres, Oracle.
  • Good knowledge and experience on Junit and Mockito.
  • Experience in UI technologies and frameworks - ReactJS preferred.
  • Experience in docker technology and cloud-based applications (OpenShift, AWS, Azure etc.,)
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code, adhering to best practices and coding standards.
  • Experience with Agile/Scrum development methodologies
  • Mentor and guide other team members and code reviews

Skills and Experience

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

•    Product Owners, Product Managers and Business Users/User Groups
•    Platform Delivery and Production Support Teams within our portfolio and our integration partners
•    Technology Leadership
 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in computer science, mathematics, engineering or another quantitative field 
• 10+ years of experience in building data-driven applications 
• 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.