Job Summary

• We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced Java Backend Engineer Development Specialist 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. App Development, Support and Engineering sits within our global Technology and Operations team.

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 17 and Spring Boot or Quarkus.

• Implement microservices architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability.

• Develop REST (Representational State Transfer) and SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) APIs.

• Integrate with databases using Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) frameworks and ensure efficient database connectivity.

• Develop and maintain messaging services using Java Message Service (JMS) and Solace.

• Ensure seamless API connectivity using platforms such as Kong or Axway.

• Manage project dependencies and build processes using Apache Maven.

• Collaborate with the team using Git for version control.

• Containerise applications using Docker for consistent deployment.

• Utilise Azure DevOps (ADO) for Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines and project management.

• Deploy and manage applications on Red Hat OpenShift and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

• Implement service virtualisation 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 Apache 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 systems, integration, modelling, database administrators, messaging teams, and architecture.

Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java 17, frameworks like Spring Boot or Quarkus, and microservices architecture. In addition, they will have:

• Extensive experience in microservice API development using Java frameworks.

• Experience in developing and deploying cloud-native applications, with a focus on Function as a Service (FaaS) and dev-in-a-box solutions.

• Strong skills in API integration with in-house and third-party vendor applications, including Trading Networks.

• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), or Red Hat OpenShift application platforms.

• Preferred experience in the banking domain.

• Knowledge of PostgreSQL (Postgres) or Oracle relational databases.

• Strong knowledge of Agile Development.

• Experience with advanced features and tools in the Atlassian software suite.

• Proven skills in coordination, staff management, and leadership with vendors and internal teams.

• Strong knowledge of risk and regulatory delivery.

• Excellent English oral and written communication 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.