The successful candidate will be part of a team building an innovative platform leveraging data and analytics to drive automated decision-making and smart automation across the full lifecycle of the business.

This is a rare opportunity for a self-driven, strong and passionate developer to participate and contribute to a paradigm shift. We want People driven by the mission! We would expect the successful candidate to consider moving to a permanent position if possible at the appropriate time, if it is a mutual good fit.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain Java-based applications for pricing and risk management across various asset classes (derivatives, fixed income, etc.) on Distributed Compute Infrastructure.
• Collaborate with quantitative analysts, traders, and risk managers to develop and enhance intraday risk applications.
• Architect and design scalable, reliable, and efficient software solutions while ensuring performance and stability of the system.
• Work with databases (SQL and NoSQL) to design and optimize data storage solutions that support large-scale, high-volume financial data.
• Support database integration/migration (postgres/mongo), caching (hazelcast), clickhouse, communication (solace), security (hashicorp, SSO tokens, Kong integration).
• Ensure the integration of the system with other internal and external financial systems, ensuring seamless data flow and interoperability.
• Apply your considerable experience of time series, big data and general data capture, storage, retrieval and processing.
• Build services with a framework and generic pattern mindset for scale across multiple dimensions – optimized compute/performance, functional, visualization, quality control.
• Regional leadership of developers in Europe. Lead and mentor junior developers, providing guidance on technical issues and best practices.
• Implement and enforce safe defensive coding, intelligent design, and access control in supportable applications
• Stay current with industry trends and advancements in financial technologies, incorporating innovative solutions into the development process.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring high-quality code standards and adherence to best practices.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to performance, scalability, and data integrity within financial applications.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the software development lifecycle, including agile practices, testing strategies, and deployment automation.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field (Master's degree is a plus).
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in Java development, with a focus on financial applications.
• Experience with Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Guice, Grpc, etc.
• Strong experience in pricing, risk management, and financial modeling, particularly in areas such as derivatives, options, and fixed income products.
• Proven experience designing and developing scalable, high-performance applications and systems.
• Solid understanding of software architecture and design patterns, including microservices and distributed systems.
• Advanced proficiency in database design and optimization (SQL, NoSQL, and data warehousing).
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with financial risk management frameworks and systems (e.g., Value-at-Risk, Stress Testing, Credit Risk).
• Familiarity with financial data feeds, market data providers, and FIX protocol.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
• Ability to work in an Agile/Scrum environment with a focus on delivering high-quality results in a timely manner.
• Exposure to web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) or front-end frameworks (Angular, React) is a plus.

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.