Job Summary

SABRE (Standard Chartered’s Analytics Booking and Risk Engine) is the bank’s strategic risk and PnL platform for Financial Markets. The development team delivers advanced technology solutions supporting global trading and risk management. This role offers the opportunity to work in a highly skilled, international team of technologists, contributing to the design and implementation of scalable, robust, and fault-tolerant solutions. The successful candidate will take ownership of key components within the SABRE Strategic Risk Management Platform, developing innovative solutions and collaborating with global stakeholders to deliver business value in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver Java components for internal business users within the SABRE platform.
• Apply systematic and disciplined approaches to architecture, system design, and coding.
• Implement best practices in software engineering, writing robust and testable code with high coverage.
• Work closely with the Development Manager, Project Manager, and other developers to ensure timely delivery.
• Participate in agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous improvement of development processes.
• Coordinate with other technology teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
• Prepare and maintain comprehensive system documentation, including program descriptions and operational procedures.
• Provide second-line support during production incidents and contribute to their resolution.

Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of hands-on Java development experience in a high-performance, concurrent environment.
• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Background in investment banking IT systems or financial markets technology.
• Experience with tools and frameworks such as Haskell, Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, or Scala (advantageous).
• Familiarity with continuous integration and deployment tools (e.g., Azure DevOps).
• Solid understanding of TDD and BDD methodologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work independently, and deliver under pressure.
• Collaborative and culturally aware, able to work effectively in a global team environment.
• Understanding of financial instruments, derivatives, and risk management processes.
• Knowledge of risk measures, market data, and trading systems.
• Experience with functional programming (e.g., Haskell) and data grid technologies is a plus.

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.