Manager, Development

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Job Summary

• Java development Lead with hands-on coding and solution designing skills for Functions DFT. Candidate should be able to code and lead and formulate the deliveries for DFT Functions Domain. The candidate should develop Applications and enable Development teams with cookie cutter reusable patterns / components for development with end-to-end ownership / life cycle. Candidate should also be able to lead and guide community group contributing for reusable component/library.

Key Responsibilities

• Have a strong sense of responsibility and ownership and contributes heavily to technical evaluations, decisions, software design & development activities.
• Contributes to building prototypes or proof of concepts and translates them to production grade applications or reusable components.
• Keeping track of industry developments, conducting R&D to incorporate best in class practices and methodologies and sharing the same with team and stakeholders.
• Leading the end-to-end delivery with adherence to timelines & agile practices.
• Participate in code reviews, assist & mentor team on technical aspects.

Key Expertise

• Expertise in programming language - Java
• Expertise in web application development using one or more frameworks such as Spring boot, Quarkus, , go lang.
• Proficient in designing and developing applications using microservices, cloud native architecture & REST API.
• Expertise in API design and is proficient in applying various design patterns.
• Experience on ES6, HTML5, React, Redux, JavaScript MVC patterns / frameworks and CSS pre-processers and strategies for scalable CSS, Babel and Webpack.
• Strong expertise in one or more databases - RDBMS & NoSQL.
• Strong coding, debugging, profiling, testing and documentation skills.
• Proficient in version control - GitHub / bitbucket and code reviews.
• Strong in one or more container ecosystem - Kubernetes, EKS, AKS.
• Experience in one or more messaging, streaming systems - Kafka, RabbitMQ.
• Strong in one or more cloud computing platforms - AWS, GCP, Azure.
• Experience in creating high level architecture & design diagrams.
• Strong knowledge in CI/CD - ADO
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum methodology and related processes.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

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

• Enterprise Architects
• Technology Delivery teams
• Business Product owners

Skills And Experience

• Java
• Web application development using one or more frameworks such as Spring boot, Quarkus, , go lang
• Knowledge on ES6, HTML5, Lit, React, Redux, JavaScript MVC patterns / frameworks and CSS pre-processers and strategies for scalable CSS, Babel and Webpack
• Experience in one or more container ecosystem - Kubernetes, Openshift, EKS, AKS
• One or more container ecosystem - Kubernetes, Openshift, EKS, AKS
• Communication Skills
• High level architecture & design diagrams

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's in computer science, software engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in one or more following: designing distributed systems, designing scalable enterprise applications, application security, full stack development (is a plus).

Certification

• Graduate in Computer Science or related courses
• Certification on Java, Architecture, Cyber Security, Cloud will be an added advantage

Languages

• JAVA, JAVA SCRIPT

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.

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