JOB SUMMARY

• We are seeking a talented tech savvy tech lead to join a high performing technology team to roll out digital payments solution for SCB customers. The candidate must be a skilled professional who has previously experience in end-to-end software development using Agile methodologies and must have high proficiency in the latest technologies adapted in the industry

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Good exposure to banking domain and banking products in terms of clear understanding of product architecture, product design and Configuration/parameters required to change to accommodate requests for customization.
• Responsible for managing the design & development for small to medium projects/ contributing to large complex projects.
• Expected to continue to build upon domain knowledge and technical/ proprietary skills to reach levels of industry acknowledgement.
• Works as a guide and independently sets directions for medium sized projects of high complexity.
• Requires sound technical knowledge combined with reasonable understanding of business issues. Has the ability to correlate technical issues with business environment. 
• Advanced project and people management skills are required. 
• Driving quality initiatives like introduction of automated tools for improving productivity, reducing human errors, etc
• Contributing towards product evolvement and knowledge management
• Contributing to process improvement and ensure process compliance
• Track and monitor work so as to ensure delivery of team output in line with schedule and quality norms
• Ensuring proper resource management such as recruitment, adequate training, career moulding
• Attract right talent and build in appropriate measures to retain them

Strategy

• Awareness and understanding of the business strategy and model appropriate to the role 

Business

• Awareness and understanding of Retail business, the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates 

Processes

• Awareness and understanding of Agile s/w development process, change and release management process 

People & Talent 

• Responsible for the capability development of the team/ unit
• Responsible for managing the career growth, motivation & retention for the assigned group
• Skill to coordinate resources and teams from different countries
• Good Stakeholder Management Skills

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.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Qualification

• Banking Domain Knowledge is preferable
• Experience in the software development using Agile methodologies
• Knowledge & Experience in practising Agile & Lean framework  
• Knowledge & Experience in the API & Microservices
• Hands on experience in microservices design and development using Spring boot,KONG API Gateway,Apache tomcat,Java, JSON API, Oracle/Postgres and Openshift cloud.
• Should have strong knowledge in Design principles for both Server side and UI.
• Nice to have HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript (es6),Ember,ReactJS,Cordova,Gulp / Grunt, GraphQL ,JQuery, ,bootstrap, compass, Browserstack, handlebars, Sass, cordova , Mobile hybrid development.
• Advocate delivery excellence, minimising delivery risk.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in agile development.
• Conduct continuous development and/or integration & testing.
• Knowledge in Integration technologies – MQ, Kafka, Solace
• Knowledge / Experience in Container platform and Cloud technologies
• Knowledge in DevOps & SRE
• Experiences with relational databases and NOSQL databases 
• More than 10+ years’ experience in software development domain  

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• API & Microservices
• Container Platforms (OpenShift, Kubernetes)
• Database Technologies (SQL, NoSQL)
• Integration Technologies
• Agile Methodologies, Lean Framework
• Web & Mobile app skills
   

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.