Sr Manager

This job is with Standard Chartered Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.Job SummaryThe Derivatives Pricing team is responsible for cross-product transactional pricing of derivatives within Standard Chartered. The development team is driven to provide world class technology to support the bank's Financial Markets business. We bring a deep understanding of the domain, a scientific approach, and innovative solutions to bear on the challenges of best servicing our customers in a highly competitive environment. This is a rare opportunity to join an organization working with smart technologists globally in the financial market's domain. The culture in the team is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful and career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents willing and able to step upAs a senior developer, you'll be driving our platform forwards and delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements. Based in Bangalore, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations.As a full stack developer with strong backend experience (mandatory), you will be expected to hit the ground running delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements. Based in London, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations. Key Responsibilities•An excellent Java developer with good software design principles and the ability to write robust code and accompanying test suites. •Ability to write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why. •Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort •Take ownership and responsibility for the full development lifecycle •Experience working in an agile development environment •A team player, capable of engaging with other teams •Experience in the end-to-end design, development, and support of financial markets systems •Experience with real-time (event-driven) architectures •Provide second line support •Domain knowledge in derivatives e-trading is a plus •Some UI Development experience •Being a full-stack web developer is a pluRegulatory & 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. •Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles. •Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.Skills and ExperienceTechnical skills: •10+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience •Core Java (essential), Concurrency, Spring •Strong design and architecture skills •Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps •Experience in micro-services and container technologies (preferably OpenShift or Docker) •RX Java is a plus •Kafka Experience is a plus •Experience with distributed data stores particularly Cassandra is a plus •Functional programming experience a plus •Any UI Development experience is a strong plus preferably Core JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS, React, npm/yarn and webpackFunctional skills: •Financial Market domain knowledge •Investment banking is a strong plus •Derivatives business is a plus •Preferable Domain Knowledge any of Rates, FXO and e-trading.Soft skills: •Fluent in English (speaking and writing) •Ability to mentor junior team members •Strong ownership and ability to deal with ambiguity •Outstanding problem-solving skills •Proactive, self-starter, autonomous •Good team spirit Role Specific Technical Competencies•Minimum 10+ years of development experience preferably full stack with strong backend experience (mandatory) •Strong java development background with good hands-on experience in data structures and, algorithms and concurrency frameworks •Sound technical understanding of Micro Services, REST API, XML, HTTP, MQ •Experience in Messaging systems like Kafka, distributed caching systems like hazel cast, NoSQL systems like Cassandra •Agile About Standard CharteredWe'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 thingand 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 offerIn 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns. Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.