Sr Assoc CL FrontEnd Eng WRB Tech

Standard Chartered India; Chennai District; On-site; INR 4,200,000 - 5,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Unmind wellbeing platform

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

The Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a Chapter Lead - Front End Engineering for React to lead and contribute as a hands-on developer in front-end development. You will be accountable for people management and capability development of Chapter members, while ensuring quality code and alignment with technical standards.

The role emphasizes capability building over complete delivery ownership, with focus on modern front-end practices, ES6/TypeScript, and responsive design across global squads,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience as a front end developer with a strong portfolio.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee execution of functional standards and provide technical assistance to Chapter members.
• Ensure quality of the code repository.
• Act as a conduit for the wider domain strategy and technical standards.
• Prioritise capacity for technical debt.
• Focus on capability building rather than ownership of delivery.

Skills

JavaScript ES6 & TypeScript

ReactJS/Angular/Vue

HTML5/CSS/DOM

Responsive Design

Network Fundamentals

Security Fundamentals

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Job description

Job Description

Job Summary

• This role could be based in India and Malaysia. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop-down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.
• The “Chapter Lead - Chapter Lead, Front End Engineering - React, WRB Tech” role is a hands‑on developer role focusing on front‑end development and is accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members. Responsibilities in detail are:

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.
• Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
• Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.
• Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.
• This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery.

Business

• Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery for their craft (Eg. Engineering).
• Responsible for balancing skills and capabilities across teams (squads) and hives in partnership with the Chief Product Owner, Hive Tech Lead & Hive Leadership, and in alignment with the fixed capacity model.
• Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.

Processes

• Adopt and embed the Change Delivery Standards throughout the lifecycle of the product / service.
• Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team.
• Follows the chapter operating model to ensure a system exists to continue to build capability and performance of the chapter.
• Chapter Lead may vary based on the specific chapter domain its leading.

People & Talent

• Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.
• Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of their chapter.
• Focuses on the development of people and capabilities as the highest priority.

Risk Management

• Responsible for effective capacity risk management across the Chapter with regards to attrition and leave plans.
• Ensures the chapter follows the standards with respect to risk management as applicable to their chapter domain.
• Adheres to common practices to mitigate risk in their respective domain.

Governance

• Ensure all artefacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies (e.g., SCB Governance Standards, ESDLC etc.).

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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Skills And Experience

• JavaScript ES6 (and TypeScript)
• ReactJS or Angular or Vue
• HTML5/CSS/DOM
• Responsive Design Principles
• Network Fundamentals
• Security Fundamentals
• CI/CD

Qualifications

• Overall experience of 10+ years
• Experience in global diverse organization in building overall capability and technical expertise
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Proven experience as a front end developer or web developer, with a strong portfolio showcasing past projects.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.

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.