Software Engineer

Role Responsibilities

Impact & Value:
• Re-engineer legacy applications and build state of the art platform
• Consistently leads delivery of valuable features
• Continually looking for process improvements
• Proposes new ways of doing things
• Suggests novel ways to fulfil requirements
• Helps elaborate requirements where necessary

Programming:
• In depth knowledge of IDE, language and toolset in language of choice.
• Excellent understanding of language & framework and a good working knowledge of the abstraction layer underneath
• Understanding of threads, threading model and concurrent programming
• Can profile and optimize code
• Good knowledge of other programming languages & paradigms and when to apply them
• Comfortable debugging/finding complex problems

Design:
• Can identify and apply appropriate design patterns to problems.
• Comfortable developing large features
• Understands Idempotence
• Understands boy scout principle. Leaves code in a better state then when arrived
• Good understanding of cohesion, SOLID and how to apply
• Writes clean, maintainable code
• Understands importance of domain model and can coherently model a problem domain within a given context
• Anticipates medium term (3-6 month) vectors of change and designs and abstracts accordingly
• Understands & appreciates simplicity & the value of removing code
• Understands design patterns such as CQRS and eventual consistency
• Understands how to design for performance at all levels

Development Practice:
• Automates everything by default
• Can build a CD pipeline
• Automates security scanning and performance testing as part of build
• Monitor systems to ensure they meet both user needs and business goals

• Oversee assigned programs ( conduct code review), set and monitor team standards.

• Evaluate and select appropriate software or hardware and suggest integration methods

• Focus on reliability, performance and availability

Infrastructure :
• Good grasp of multiple operating systems
• Good grasp of scripting techniques
• Expertise in one database & good grasp of multiple data storage paradigms and when to apply other technologies
• Understands and can automate paas technologies
• Understands when to apply appropriate infrastructure technologies.
• Understanding of network communications, including TCP/IP, HTTP protocols

Security:
• Writes Secure code by default
• Can use tools (nmap/metasploit etc.) to perform deep security probes
• Understands server hardening
• Understating of security principles using SSL protocols and data encryption

Behaviours & Collaboration:
• Leads group discussions on design of particular areas
• Comfortable presenting information
• Gains buy in from team and drives design
• Mentors and develops those around them
• Understands domain well enough to work with PO to drive value
• Shares knowledge with wider community

Our Ideal Candidate
• 5+ years of experience in developing world class products/applications.
• Bachelors in Engineering or equivalent
• Masters in Engineering desirable

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Java/ J2EE
• Hands-on skills in J2EE specifications like JAX-RS, JAX-WS
• Spring Boot – Java-based framework to create Micro Service.
• UI Development – using frameworks like REACT Core
• Cloud Solutions – working on Azure or AWS
• MQ – JMS, ActiveMQ, IBM MQ etc.
• Continuous Integration – using tools like Maven and Jenkins
• Continuous Deployment – using tools like Jenkins.
• Assembly Development – using frameworks like Apache Camel or Core

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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 , together with our brand promise, to be are achieved by how we each live our . 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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