Job Summary

We are seeking a talented and motivated senior JAVA software engineer to join a high performing Scrum team to roll out new digital solution for customers. The candidate must be a skilled professional who has high availability software development experience with a desire to work on an Agile, dynamic and flat organisational structure.

Key Responsibilities

•    Design and develop the business logic and backend systems of the product
•    Work closely with frontend developers to design and develop functional, performing and complete APIs
•    Decipher existing companies’ software systems and be able to hook in application to applicable data sources
•    Write both unit and integration tests, and develop automation tools for daily tasks
•    Develop high quality, well documented, and efficient code
•    Challenge ideas and opinions to avoid pitfalls and inefficient solutions
•    Collaborate with product managers and other tech leads to ensure applications meet functional requirements and strategic objectives.
•    Perform code reviews to guarantee quality and promote a culture of technical excellence in Java development.
•    Lead and partake in system changes, ensuring project delivery is efficient and meets quality standards, directly involving oneself in coding and problem-solving.

Strategy
•    Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.  

Business
•    Deliver outputs that make a significant contribution to the organization's strategic goals. 

Processes
•    Responsible in the preparation of production outputs and their planning in alignment to ESDLC standards. 

People & Talent 
•    Mentoring and training the squad on technical skills. 

Risk Management
•    Mitigate delivery risks and issues, and ensure quality, affordability, and scope of delivery. 

Governance 
•    Ensure all artifacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies 

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.

Key stakeholders
•    Chapter Lead
•    Engineering Lead
•    Release Manager
•    Domain Architect
•    Business Leads / Product owners
•    Production Support

Skills and Experience

•    Spring Boot
•    Spring Framework
•    Hibernate / MyBatis
•    RESTful API
•    Problem Resolving
•    Container – OpenShift, Docker, Kubernetes 
•    DB2 / Oracle / PostgreSQL
•    Messaging – Queue, Topic
•    DevOps / ADO

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with preference given to advanced degrees.\

•    Minimum experience of 7 years in Java application development.
•    Proficient in RESTful API, SOAP, JDK, SpringBoot 3.x, K8S, JUnit.
•    Should have knowledge on Relational (Oracle, PostgreSQL) and/or No-SQL Databases and ability to write basic SQL queries.
•    Preferred to have knowledge on API Gateways, API security, SSL, OAuth 2, etc.
•    Develop and maintain messaging services using JMS/Solace/Kafaka.
•    Should be independently able to manage CICD tasks using Git, Azure DevOps (ADO), Maven, Ansible, and Helm Charts 
•    Experienced in Container Infrastructure such as Docker, Linux, Kubernetes, OCP or AWS EKS or Azure AKS. Implement microservices architecture to ensure scalability and maintainability.
•    Have a high enthusiasm for programming and new technology learning, have a strong learning ability.
•    Fluent English speaking/listening/reading/writing. Mandarin or Cantonese language ability will be an advantage.
•    Language: English

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.