Key Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be the part of a team building an innovative platform leveraging data, analytics to drive automated decision-making, smart automation across the full lifecycle of the business. This is a rare opportunity for a self-driven, strong and passionate developer to participate and contribute to a paradigm shift. We want People driven by the mission!

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, development, and maintenance of Java-based applications for pricing and risk management.
• Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code for new features and functionality.
• Collaborate with senior developers and other team members to troubleshoot and resolve software issues.
• Work with databases (SQL and NoSQL) to help support data storage and retrieval for financial applications.
• Assist in testing and debugging to ensure high-quality, bug-free code.
• Participate in code reviews and learn best practices for software development.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, including agile practices.
• Keep up with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to contribute fresh ideas to the team.
• Communicate effectively with team members and provide updates on project progress.
• Do whatever it takes to maintain stability, availability and performance.
• Provide Production L3 support as required.
• Question / Challenge anything you see from your peers or the wider squad that isn’t up to standard.

Skills and Experience

Required Skills & Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development, with a focus on financial applications.
• Experience with Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Guice, Grpc, etc.
• Strong understanding of object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and software development best practices.
• Familiarity with databases and SQL (NoSQL experience is a plus).
• A basic understanding of financial products and markets (knowledge of pricing and risk management concepts is a plus).
• Good problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot technical issues.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git).
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
• Eagerness to learn and grow professionally in the financial technology space.

Preferred Skills  

• Exposure to web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) or front-end frameworks (Angular, React) is a plus.
• Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) is a bonus.
• Understanding of financial data sources and market feeds is beneficial but not required.

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.