Software Developer (China / India)

Key Responsibilities

• Experienced developers with previous experience in the end-to-end design, development and support of large scale data processing systems built on Java tech stack. • An excellent developer with good software design principles, someone who writes robust code along with accompanying test suites. • Ability to work and liaise directly with the Front Office, Middle Office and various functions to gather the requirements • Familiarity and confidence working in an agile development environment • Familiarity with CI/CD and devops • Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort with the business and be able to quickly grasp and understand existing software • Functional programming experience a plus • Design smart and scalable solutions following the bank standards. Write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why • Coordinate with other teams in Technology • Provide second line support

Skills and Experience

• Java 21 • Spring Boot • Postgres • ORM Tools • Multi threading & Concurrency • Haskell/Scala • Distributed Cache

Qualifications

• Technical skills: • 12+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience or other technology area • Java 17 (essential streaming, map and reduce functions), Multi-Threading, and Performance tuning in JVM is a must. • Experience on developing applications using Spring boot is required • Strong understanding on Data structure and Algorithms • ORM tools like hibernate experience would be a plus. • Java Restful API design and development • Development experience on functional programming, such as Haskell /Scala or others, is a plus. • Experience of one or any distributed cache like Hazelcast/Redis/Memcached • Postgres experience is required • Scripting programming in Linux shell is a plus. • Working experience on Frontend technologies would be a plus.
• Functional skills: • Financial Market domain knowledge, related with FX and IR derivatives is plus • Experience/familiarity with control processes for FM platforms. • Investment banking is a strong plus
• Soft skills: • Fluent in English (speaking and writing) • Outstanding problem solving skills • Proactive, self starter, autonomous • Good team spirit • Ability to work under pressure with multiple assignments

About Standard Chartered

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.