Standard Chartered—Sr Assoc, BackEnd Eng,WRB Tech

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Description: Job Summary We’re seeking a highly skilled and experienced Java Backend Engineer Development Specialist to join our dynamic team. You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust, secure and efficient financial systems. You’ll be part of our global Application Development, Support and Engineering Team, which is the technical backbone of our digital strategy, combining innovative software development with rigorous financial security protocols to deliver seamless experiences that empower our customers. You’ll be given the autonomy to impact real change, the flexibility to work in a way that suits you, and the tools you need to deliver with impact. App Development, Support and Engineering sits within our global Technology and Operations team. Key Responsibilities • Design and maintain backend services using Java 17 or 21 and Spring Boot or Quarkus. • Implement scalable and maintainable microservices architecture. • Develop REST and SOAP APIs. • Ensure efficient database connectivity using ORM frameworks. • Develop and maintain messaging services with JMS, MQ, Kafka and Solace. • Experience with Java frameworks like Spring, Struts, and Enterprise JavaBeans is a plus. • Ensure seamless API connectivity using gateways like Kong or Axway. • Manage dependencies and build processes with Apache Maven. • Containerize applications with Docker for consistent deployment. • Adhere to coding standards, perform code reviews, and refactor code as needed. • Ensure code meets security standards with no high/critical vulnerabilities. • Optimize code to meet performance standards. • Use Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines and project management. • Deploy and manage applications on Red Hat OpenShift or AWS. Motivations • Our Technology & Operations team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potentialClick here to enter text. • When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170-year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today Skills and Experience Must-have Skills • Java 17 and 21 • Cloud Native Micro Services • API-First Design • Docker, Kubernetes, SKE and OpenShift • PostgreSQL, Oracle or Similar Database Other Skills • Experience in regulatory, risk or compliance-driven deliveries • Written and Verbal communication skills 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.