Job Summary

We are currently looking for an experienced Full Stack Developer with 10-15 years of professional experience to join our dynamic FinCrime & Cyber team in Bangalore. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing innovative, secure, and scalable applications that support financial crime prevention and cyber investigations. You will utilize a wide range of technologies including cutting-edge frameworks and tools, with opportunities to incorporate GenAI and AI engineering solutions to revolutionize intelligent investigation workflows.

Your expertise in building robust data engineering pipelines, leveraging platforms such as Databricks, will be essential as you create automated, efficient solutions that enhance operational resilience and reduce investigation times. This is an exciting chance to apply your skills in a meaningful way that directly impacts the security and integrity of financial services on a global scale.

The role demands a balance between technical proficiency and collaborative engagement, as you will work closely with cross-disciplinary teams including analysts, investigators, and risk experts. You’ll contribute to advancing our digital transformation initiatives and have a unique opportunity to explore and apply emerging technologies within the fast-evolving FinCrime and Cybersecurity landscape.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Contribute to the FinCrime & Cyber technology strategy by building full stack applications that align with business goals and digital transformation priorities.
•    Explore emerging technologies such as GenAI, vector databases, and AI-driven assistants to enhance investigative efficiency.

Business
•    Collaborate with analysts, investigators, and risk teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
•    Develop features that improve case management, fraud detection, and cyber defense workflows.
•    Ensure applications deliver measurable value in reducing investigation time and improving operational resilience.

Processes
•    Design and develop full stack applications using Node.js, Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PostgreSQL.
•    Build scalable APIs and backend services to integrate with case management platforms and investigative tools.
•    Support data engineering workflows with Python, Airflow, and Databricks (Must Have)
•    Build AI Agentic Apps with frameworks like Google ADK, Langgraph, Langchain etc.
•    Deploy and maintain applications with Docker/Podman and orchestrate on Kubernetes.
•    Apply DevSecOps practices, ensuring secure coding, automated testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

People and Talent
•    Work closely with cross-functional teams, providing technical mentorship and knowledge sharing where needed.
•    Contribute to a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and innovation within the FinCrime & Cyber team.

Risk Management
•    Build applications that adhere to cybersecurity and data privacy standards.
•    Identify and mitigate risks in software design, deployment, and integration.
•    Ensure secure authentication, authorization, and audit trails are embedded in applications.

Governance
•    Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and design approvals to ensure compliance with technology standards.
•    Maintain documentation, version control, and consistent coding practices aligned with enterprise policies.

Regulatory and 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
•    FCSO
•    FRM
•    Cyber Operations

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will possess a strong combination of technical expertise, practical experience, and a passion for innovation in the context of financial crime prevention and cybersecurity. Key skills and experience include:

• Proven experience with Databricks, Nifi, Kafka, and Splunk to build and monitor scalable data-driven applications and pipelines.
• Extensive frontend development skills using frameworks such as Next.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS to deliver intuitive and accessible user interfaces.
• Robust backend development experience with Node.js and PostgreSQL, including API design and integration with complex systems.
• Hands-on expertise in AI engineering, machine learning concepts, and their application in real-world investigative scenarios.
• Strong understanding of data engineering principles, including workflow orchestration tools like Apache Airflow and the ability to develop and maintain data pipelines.
• Experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Podman) and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
• A solid grasp of DevSecOps practices, with a focus on secure coding, automated testing, and CI/CD methodologies to deliver reliable and secure applications.
• Familiarity with AI agentic app frameworks such as Google ADK, LangGraph, and LangChain is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams, with excellent communication and mentoring capabilities.

This blend of skills will enable you to develop cutting-edge technologies that safeguard financial ecosystems, while supporting your continued professional growth and development within a leading global bank.

Qualifications

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.