Senior Software Developer

Standard Chartered; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Developer at a leading international bank in London. The role involves leading system design and application support, requiring expertise in C++ and UK Markets. The position promotes a culture of continuous learning and diversity, ensuring a supportive environment for professional growth.

Benefits

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Medical and life insurance

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Minimum 30 days leave

Qualifications

• Lead system component design and development.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Knowledge of messaging and protocols including TCP, UDP, multicast.

Responsibilities

• Manage application support and stakeholder collaboration.
• Advocate delivery excellence and ensure application release quality.
• Build relationships across business teams.

Skills

C++

UK Markets experience

Hands on programming skills

Education

Knowledge of STL

Experience in system, network, or low latency programming

Development on Linux using gcc, gdb, git

Working knowledge of FX products

Understanding of SQL and simple DDL operations

Tools

gcc

gdb

git

Job description

Job Summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Software Developer to join the team! We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process, should you require any reasonable adjustments in the process please let us know- so we can aim to accommodate

Key Responsibilities

• Lead system component design and development.
• Senior Stakeholder collaboration
• Manage application support
• Relationship management and building across business teams
• Advocate delivery excellence, ensuring application release quality.

Skills and Experience

• C++
• UK Markets experience is a must
• Hands on programming skills

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the STL, experience of the Boost libraries is highly desirable.
• Experience in one or more of the following is highly desirable: system, network, or low latency programming.
• Development on Linux using gcc, gdb, git and associated debugging tools.
• Knowledge of all aspects of software design, development, and deployment.
• Working knowledge of FX products, pricing, and real time risk management desirable.
• Working knowledge of the design of scalable, high availability, supportable distributed architectures.
• Working knowledge of messaging and communication protocols including TCP, UDP, multicast, and data encoding
• Working understanding of SQL and simple DDL operations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to interact with business representatives.

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 thingand 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.