JOB SUMMARY

As a Lead Full Stack Developer, you will work on both front-end and back-end development processes. You will design, develop, and maintain full-fledged and functioning platforms with databases or servers in line with the strategy, business goals, processes and regulations of the organization. 

Strategy

• Contribute to the strategic goals of the organisation through the application of technology. 

• Help the team towards delivering and living out our TTO Strategy by establishing Strong Digital Foundations, accelerating Transformation and driving Process Excellence

Business

• Solve problems through the application of technical knowledge and skill, determining when and how technology can solve business problems. 

• Scope and create technical solutions that contribute to the business’s strategic goals

Processes

• Identify new areas of focus and activity for both internal and external technology communities 

• Develop and roll out best practice in Technology domain of expertise or their specialism. 

• Rescue, remediate or provide expertise on initiatives with significant technology challenge

People & Talent

• Be a role model and build the appropriate culture and values. 

• Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.  

• Work with internal business teams, cross-functional engineering teams, and external vendors. ·

• Effective conflict resolver and strong leadership skills to deliver on commitments and knowing when to say No to stakeholder

Risk Management

• Make recommendations (and/or implement) to relevant stakeholders on possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concerns from investigations. 

• Manage escalations on PEP / Sensitive issues requiring additional assessment and/or controls

Governance

• Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the role. 

• Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions; the Group’s policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct. 

• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters. 

• Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes, and regulations among employee’s form part of the culture

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.

• Lead the [country / business unit / function/[team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] * 

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• Has at least 12 years of experience in Full Stack development using modern front-end and back-end frameworks
• Has strong understanding of web technologies, such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and solid grasp of RESTful web services, APIs and Webhooks.
• Has done hands-on full stack experience in end-to-end development
  • Automation using Python
  • Modern front-end and back-end frameworks such as React, Angular,  Node.js, Express.js, Django
  • Databases such as MySQL, MongoDB, or PostgreSQL
  • Version control systems, such as Git
  • CI/CD tools and frameworks like Azure DevOps, Maven, NPM, PIP, Artifactory, Bamboo, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Packer, Hashicorp, Terraform.
  • Public Cloud platforms, for ex. AWS, Azure or GCP
  • Container platforms, docker and helm chart, for e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift, EKS, AKS or GKE
  •  Devsecops Tools (SAST, DAST, SCA, WAF, IAST, Vulnerability management, Secrets Scanning, Secrets Management, Misconfiguration and Policy & Compliance Management)
  • Software development methodologies, such as Agile
• Has strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• An excellent communicator and collaborator
• Can work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

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.