Job Summary

We are seeking talented and motivated individuals for the role of Agile Developer. Successful candidates will be experienced programmers who can develop user stories, develop test cases, break down, design, and develop solutions in an environment with constant collaborative discussions. They will be matured individuals who are comfortable working in an agile environment with critical peer reviews of design and code. They must be able to offer constructive critical reviews of other’s designs and code. They must be able to collaboratively work with product owners to develop use stories and test cases. They will be able to research, trial, and recommend new technologies of interest to the group. They will have experience with taking code through testing, deployment, and production and will not have merely handed off code to QA and Production Support.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• There is a digital revolution happening that is changing the future of banking - increasingly, Banking is Technology.  Financial Services firms are becoming ever more defined by their technology and ability to use it to deliver outstanding customer experiences.  Standard Chartered Information Technology & Operations (ITO) is looking for individuals interested in using innovative new products and modern technologies to deliver world class digital experiences for our clients and customers

People & Talent 

• Candidate should have hands-on experience in Spring boot and API development.
• Strong knowledge in Agile Development (exp in CI/CD/TDD/BDD, SCRUM, KanBan etc)
• Min 6 years’ experience Software development.
• Experience with leveraging advanced features and tools in Atlassian software suite
• Passion and flair for technology, at home with team-oriented, collaborative and consultative environment
• Proven skills in co-ordination, staff management and leadership working with vendors and internal teams 
• Strong knowledge of risk and regulatory delivery 
• Knowledge of all aspects of software design and development 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 
• Should have a good analytical skills . 
• Ready to work on both development and project management.

• Contribute to creation of standards & frameworks for the project
• Should have the capability to handle more than one project at a same time.
• Prepare architecting solutions document, technical audits for the project
• Prepare High/Low level technical design document. 
• Learn and understand relevant application functional & technical architecture and use the same effectively during development 
• Follow documented SDLC life cycle as per quality management standards
• Participate in Requirement gathering and solution meetings 
• Track overall development and project management 
• Support developers by providing technical assistance and improve technical competency levels amongst team members
• Design modules based on Technical specs.
• Implement best practices

Skills and Experience

• Java    
• Spring boot    
• Database [oracle/postgres]    
• OCP/Docker    
• Linux    
• GIT/JIRA/ADO
• Maven/gradle
• Junit/test cases
• ADO    

Qualifications

• At least 6+ years of experience in Micro service API development using the Java frameworks.
• Experience on developing REST and SOAP API's
• Strong administration and development skills using API Integration with in house application, third party vendor applications, including Trading Networks;
• Hands on experience in docker based environment – including Kubernetes or Openshift container platform.
• See changes through to completion – discovery, coding, configuration, testing, documentation, review packaging and production deployment.
• Experience in performance tuning and running PT using j-meter or similar tools
• Ensure adherence and continuous improvement of Agile practices, coaches and teaches new techniques to the Team as needed to achieve optimum productivity.
• Experience working in a banking domain preferred – not mandatory
• Engaging and collaborating with a wide group of technology teams from upstream TP systems, integration, modelling team, data base administrators, messaging teams, architecture
• Knowledge of Postgres or Oracle relational databases is an advantage;

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.