VP, CL, BackEnd Eng, WRB Tech

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered is seeking a Chapter Lead - Backend in Malaysia to lead a team of engineers while remaining hands-on in designing and building back-end solutions. The role focuses on high code quality, mentoring, and driving best practices while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable applications.

You will be responsible for aligning chapters with the core product strategy, ensuring delivery within capacity, and maturing the craft with automation and modern market

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java backend development and OOP concepts.
• Strong experience with Spring/Spring Boot and Hibernate.
• Knowledge of RESTful services, JSON and XML data formats.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor backend engineers within the squad and hive.
• Ensure high code quality and promote best practices across teams.
• Collaborate with Product Owner and Tech Leads to plan delivery within capacity.

Skills

Java

Spring

Hibernate

REST APIs

Web technologies

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Spring Boot

APIs (JSON/XML)

Job description

A Chapter Lead - Backend leads a team of engineers while remaining hands‑on in designing and building back‑end solutions. The role ensures high code quality, mentors team members, and drives best practices, while collaborating with stakeholders to deliver scalable and reliable applications.

Key Responsibilities

Business

• Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery in Java backend components
• 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 upon 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

• Ensure a comprehensive understanding of and adherence to local banking laws, anti-money laundering regulations, and other compliance mandates.
• Conduct business activities with a commitment to legal and regulatory compliance, fostering an environment of trust and respect.

Other Responsibilities

• Champion the company's broader mission and values, integrating them into daily operations and team ethos.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as necessary, ensuring they contribute to the organisation's strategic aims and adhere to Group and other Relevant policies.

Skills and Experience

Other Tools & Toolkit options -

• Proficient in Java, with solid expertise in core concepts like object-oriented programming, data structures, and complex algorithms.
• Skilled in Java frameworks including Spring, Spring Boot, Hibernate; experience with Apache Struts is a plus.
• Knowledgeable in web technologies, able to work with HTTP, RESTful APIs, JSON, and XML

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, with preference given to advanced degrees.

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.