Lead Java Engineer

Job Description

*About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. Its about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.Were committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.The Role ResponsibilitiesStrategy

• Provide Solution and Develop the strategic direction and roadmap for SCPAY, aligning with Business Strategy, ITO Strategy and investment priorities.
• Tap into latest industry trends, innovative products & solutions to deliver effective and faster product capabilities
• Support CASH Management Operations leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, reduce risk and improve controls

Business

• Work hand in hand with Payments Business, taking product programs from investment decisions into design, specifications, solutioning, development, implementation and hand-over to operations, securing support and collaboration from other SCB teams
• Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost and high quality constraints
• Support respective businesses in growing Return on investment, commercialisation of capabilities, bid teams, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, enhancing operations and addressing defects & continuous improvement of systems
• Thrive an ecosystem of innovation and enabling business through technology

ProcessesResponsible for the end-to-end deliveries of the technology portfolio comprising key business product areas such as Payments & Clearing. Own technology delivery of projects and programs across global SCB markets thata) Lead & provide end to end Solutions for core product capabilitiesb) ensure compliance to Regulatory mandatesc) support operational improvements, process efficiencies and zero touch agendad) build payments platform to align with latest technology & architecture trends, improved stability and scalee) Interface with business & technology leaders of other SCB systems for collaborative delivery. People and Talent

• Employ, engage and retain high quality talent to ensure Payments Technology team is adequately staffed and skilled to deliver on business commitments
• Lead through example and build appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations for the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Bridge skill / capability gaps through learning and development
• Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team
• Ensure the optimal blend and balance of in-house and vendor resources

Risk Management

• Be proactive in ensuring regular assurance that the Payments ITO Team is performing to acceptable risk levels and control standards
• Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness becomes apparent and ensure those are addressed within quick / prescribed timeframes and escalated through the relevant committees
• Balance business delivery on time, quality and cost constraints with risks & controls to ensure that they do not materially threaten the Group s ability to remain within acceptable risk levels
• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery planning for the entire technology portfolio

Governance

• Promote an environment where compliance with internal control functions and the external regulatory framework

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.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Other Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Product managers, Business Solution Managers and Development team to support the analysis and solutioning of various internet banking initiatives.
• Work closely with Product managers, BSMs, Development team and other BAs in the team to ensure standardization for internet banking platform across countries
• Suggests areas for improvement in internal processes along with possible solutions.
• Train and mentor the newer/junior team members to come up the curve by having training documents in place and conducting knowledge sharing sessions.
• Monitor the progress of team members and provide continuous feedback for them to be able to progress and grow.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Engineering Degree in Computer Science, Electronics or Equivalent
• 5+ years of Experience and in-depth understanding in a product management/business analyst role in a financial institution, ecommerce or online environment.
• Strong analytical skills and able to assess multiple systems for troubleshooting. Good problem solver and decision maker.
• Ability to write well and experienced at writing various business documents (i.e. business requirements document, functional specifications, presentations and reports).
• Excellent communications skills, confidence and ability to work with an international team in a cross-cultural and geographically dispersed workplace. Should possess qualities that would be useful in multiple stakeholder management.
• Motivated, able to work independently, proactively and efficiently in a fast paced and changing environment.
• Excited and passionate about Banking Business.
• Ability to work with geographically dispersed and highly varied stakeholders

Technical Knowledge:

• 5+ years experience in Core Java, concurrent programming, Microservices, 12 Factor Apps, REST, JSON, Netflix Micr services suite (Zuul / Eureka / Hystrix)
• Experience in any RDBMS Database PostgreSQL, Oracle and also Hazlecast
• DevOps tool stack such as GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible
• Strong experience in developing enterprise level, high performance applications
• Good understanding of JMS, Kafka,, ELK, ActiveMQ, Angular, React, NoSQL, Cloud
• Working experience of containers: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Strong understanding of Service discovery, configuration
• Knowledge on JIRA and Confluence tools are desired

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Keyskills :
end to end solutionsdelivery of projectsreturn on investmentdisaster recovery planningcore javacash managementcomputer scienceinternal controlinternet bankinganalytical skillsbusiness strategydisaster recovery