Job Summary

We are looking for a Full-stack Specialist, responsible for the development and maintenance of in-house applications. You will be working alongside and managing other Engineers and Developers working on different layers of the Applications.  Therefore, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and the creation of quality products is essential.

Key Responsibilities

•    Design and maintain backend services using Java 17 or 21 or above, and Spring Boot.        
•    Develop REST and SOAP APIs.            
•    Ensure efficient database connectivity using ORM frameworks.            
•    Develop and maintain messaging services with JMS, MQ, Kafka and Solace.            
•    Experience with Java frameworks like Spring, Struts, and Enterprise JavaBeans is a plus.            
•    Ensure seamless API connectivity using gateways like Kong or Axway.            
•    Manage dependencies and build processes with Apache Maven.            
•    Containerize applications with Docker for consistent deployment.            
•    Adhere to coding standards, perform code reviews, and refactor code as needed.            
•    Ensure code meets security standards with no high/critical vulnerabilities.            
•    Optimize code to meet performance standards.            
•    Use Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and project management.            
•    Deploy and manage applications on OCP, AWS EKS or SKE.            
•    Write and maintain unit tests with JUnit.            
•    Document APIs using Swagger.            
•    Select and implement resilient technology stacks and architectural patterns.            
•    Continuously improve Agile practices and coach the team.        
•    Implement scalable and maintainable microservices architecture.        
•    Collaborate with product managers and tech leads to meet requirements and objectives.        

•    Lead and participate in system changes, ensuring efficient project delivery and quality.    
•    Implement service virtualization for testing and development.    
•    Conduct integration testing for seamless component interaction.    
•    Collaborate with various technology teams and stakeholders.    
•    Oversee functional standards and provide technical assistance to team members.    
•    Act as a conduit for domain strategy and technical standards.    
•    Prioritize and manage technical debt.    
•    Allocate resources effectively between leadership and development tasks.    
•    Shape and drive the bank-wide engineering strategy.    
•    Collaborate with UX/UI designers, front-end developers, and back-end engineers for integrated solutions.        
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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Skills and Experience

•    Java
•    SpringBoot
•    RDBMS
•    Maven/Gradle
•    Rest API
•    Application Security, AuthN & AuthZ
•    Messigning
•    Kubernetes, EKS, OCP, ECS etc.
•    Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure)
•    DevOps CICD (ADO)
•    AI assisted programming
•    ReactJS (or EmberJS)
•    JavaScript, NodeJS

Qualifications

•    Minimum 11 years of development experience with development using Java (JDK 17 or above) and Spring/SpringBoot, familiar with modern IDEs (IntelliJ, Eclipse, VSCode), with at least 5 years in technical leadership or architecture roles.
•    Good experience in developing SOAP/REST APIs, understand API Gateway, be able to write API specifications using popular format like Swagger.
•    Good understanding on Microservice Architecture, Containers/Dockers, Kubernetes and Helm Chart (e.g. OCP or AWS EKS or Azure AKS)
•    Sufficient knowledge on information security including SSL/TLS, mTLS, OAuth2, Encryption & Signing, Tokenization, be able to find out and fix application vulnerabilities.
•    Proficient understanding of code versioning and CI/CD tools like Git, Maven, Jenkins, Ansible. It's an advantage if knowledge on ADO (Azure DevOps) 
•    Experience with SQL databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, etc. and ability to write complex SQL queries, ORM frameworks (JPA, Hibernate), Stored Procedure, DB performance tuning.
•    Experience in Messaging platforms, such as RabitMQ, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ, Solace, AWS SQS, Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, or Azure Event Hub,
•    Cloud knowledge in common cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP. Able to utilize IaaS/PaaS cloud services for development.
•    Fluent in English oral and written communications, be able to drive daily standup meetings. 
•    Basic project management skills, experience in Agile methodology like DevOps, TDD/BDD, SCRUM
•    Bachelor’s degree or above.
•    Advanced knowledge in using AI tools for development (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Cursor Composer, Gemini Code Assist, use or develop skills, MCP, etc..) 

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.