Job Summary

We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced Java Backend Engineer to join our dynamic team. You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, secure and efficient financial systems. 

You’ll be part of our global Application Development, Support and Engineering Team, which is the technical backbone of our digital strategy, combining innovative software development with rigorous financial security protocols to deliver seamless experiences that empower our customers. You’ll be given the autonomy to impact real change, the flexibility to work in a way that suits you, and the tools you need to deliver with impact.  

About our Technology & Operations Team

Our Technology & Operations (T&O) team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potential.  When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170-year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today.   

Key Responsibilities

•    Design, develop, and maintain backend services using Java Spring Boot / Quarkus.
•    Implement microservices architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability.
•    Develop REST and SOAP APIs.
•    Integrate with databases using ORM frameworks and ensure efficient DB connectivity.
•    Develop and maintain messaging services using JMS and Solace.
•    Ensure seamless API connectivity using platforms such as Kong or Axway.
•    Manage project dependencies and build processes using Maven.
•    Collaborate with the team using Git for version control.
•    Containerize applications using Docker for consistent deployment.
•    Utilize Azure DevOps (ADO) for CI/CD pipelines and project management.
•    Deploy and manage applications on OpenShift and AWS.
•    Implement service virtualization for testing and development.
•    Write and maintain unit tests using JUnit.
•    Conduct integration testing to ensure seamless interaction between components.
•    Document APIs using Swagger.
•    Perform performance testing and scripting to ensure application efficiency using tools like JMeter.
•    Ensure adherence and continuous improvement of Agile practices, coaching and teaching new techniques to the team as needed to achieve optimum productivity.
•    Engage and collaborate with a wide group of technology teams from upstream TP systems, integration, modeling team, database administrators, messaging teams, and architecture.
•    Engage Code Analysis, Debugging Scenarios, Analytical Problem Solving, System Thinking, Practical Debugging and Log Analysis

Skills and Experience

•    10+ years of experience in microservice API development using Java frameworks.
•    Deep expertise in Java Spring Boot, or Quarks frameworks.

•    Demonstrated a strong AI mindset and familiarity with GenAI or AgenticAI tools
•    Extensive experience in cloud-native microservices development and API-first design.
•    Demonstrated ability in building FaaS and Dev-in-a-box platforms.
•    Strong experience in API integrations across enterprise systems and external vendors.
•    Expertise with Docker, Kubernetes (K8s),SKE and OpenShift.
•    Strong hands-on with PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar databases.
•    Knowledge of API and backend security mechanisms, including OAuth2, JWT, encryption, and secrets management.
•    Practical experience with Observability and Monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, ElasticAPM, Grafana, Prometheus, or the ELK stack.
•    Deep understanding of Agile at scale, enterprise DevOps practices, and Atlassian tools.
•    Experience leading regulatory, risk, or compliance-driven deliveries in BFSI.
•    Exceptional leadership and team management skills.

•    Willingness to work on both development and project management.
•    Proven track record in vendor coordination, cross-functional collaboration, and delivery governance.
•    Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence senior stakeholders. 

Other tools and tool kit options –
•    Proficiency in Java: Strong command over Java programming language & core Java Concepts such as object-oriented programming (OOP), data structures, and algorithms.
•    Expertise with Java Frameworks like Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Apache Struts.
•    Understanding of Web Technologies like HTTP, RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, and WebSocket for real-time web applications.
•    Experience with both Relational and NoSQL databases and the ability to integrate them effectively within full-stack solutions.

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in software engineering or any IT related

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.