Associate Director, Full Stack Engineer

Job Summary This role will be part of AI squad within the CDO office of the bank is critical in driving AI adoption and enablement across the bank s functions The aim of this role is to deploy as one of the members of the functional AI Squads Key Responsibilities Strategy Delivering building and maintaining the solutions to AI use cases and augmenting functionalities of AI tool of the bank Business Accelerate delivery of AI uses cases for various Business Functions of the bank Responsible for implementing product roadmaps product improvement for building applications with modern architecture design with RESTful web services APIs for building web-based application enhancements that processes huge data volumes and real-time streaming and for product deployment with appropriate SDF controls Responsible Accountable for supporting applications in production - analyse and resolve issues as they arise and for performing impactful RCA analysis and implement solutions Candidate should be a technical SME and go-to person for all technical requirements for your team Risk Management Adhere to all SDF controls and Data Governance Standards of the bank Governance Develop and implement change management plans to ensure successful adoption of AI solutions across the organization Provide training and support to business users to help them understand and leverage AI tools and technologies Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by promoting the benefits of AI and encouraging experimentation 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 CDO Squads Business Partners ITO internal staff clients and 3rd parties Other Responsibilities Embed Here for good and Group s brand and values in AI squad under various Business Functions Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group Country Business or Functional policies and procedures Identify and prioritize AI use cases that have the potential to deliver significant business value Develop business cases for AI projects including cost-benefit analysis risk assessment and ROI estimation Skills and Experience Building and deploying machine learning models to detect and prevent financial crimes achieving a measurable reduction in fraud losses for Standard Chartered Implement Generative AI solutions to generate synthetic data for training improving model accuracy by at least 15 in FinCrime and Compliance use cases Mentor and guide a team of machine learning engineers and data scientists fostering a culture of technical excellence and innovation within the FinCrime and Compliance domain Lead a team to deliver production-ready ML pipelines within 6 months integrating real-time transaction monitoring for anti-money laundering AML compliance Optimize feature engineering and model tuning to increase detection rates of suspicious activities Roll out scalable ML systems that process millions of transactions daily reducing false positives in compliance alerts Drive the adoption of advanced ML algorithms to identify sanctions evasion patterns cutting investigation times for compliance teams Deliver quarterly reports showing improvements in key FinCrime KPIs such as alert accuracy and case resolution speed to senior management Execute A B testing on ML-driven compliance tools achieving a statistically significant boost in operational efficiency Hands-on experience with LLMs techniques e g RAG Agents Graph RAG to improving FinCrime detection accuracy Expertise in model optimization and hyperparameter tuning to achieve high precision and recall in fraud detection and compliance applications Advanced understanding of statistical methods and anomaly detection algorithms to identify suspicious patterns in financial data Qualifications Education - Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks e g TensorFlow PyTorch Scikit-learn to build and deploy production-grade machine learning models Training - Prefer if trained in usage and development of LLMs and proficiency in Prompt Engineering Languages - English 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 - 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