Assoc Director, Engineering Lead, WRB Tech

Standard Chartered Singapore; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Wellbeing platform

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Standard Chartered Singapore is seeking an Engineering Lead to oversee delivery of innovative financial technology solutions. You will provide strategic planning, technical leadership, and ensure projects are on time and within budget, working with product management, design, and operations to build scalable, reliable systems.

The role emphasizes architecture, governance, and cross‑functional collaboration across squads, with a focus on wealth and banking platforms, cloud and DevOps practices,

Job description

• As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing delivery of high-quality, innovative products and solutions. Your role will involve strategic planning, technical leadership, and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and operations, to drive the development of scalable and reliable systems.

Job Summary

• As an Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing delivery of high-quality, innovative products and solutions. Your role will involve strategic planning, technical leadership, and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and operations, to drive the development of scalable and reliable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Align technical solutions with strategic organisational goals and long-termin vision.
• Lead and implement detailed technical solutions for complex, organization-wide projects including end-to-end holistic solution design (interfacing systems).
• Develop and drive technology strategy and roadmap in collaboration with the Subdomain Tech Lead.
• Provide high-level analysis for planning, and initiatives implementation approaches.
• Expert in solution sizing, estimation, and project forecasting
• Support audit reviews and exercises.
• Drive RFP and vendor evaluation exercise along with PO to ensure SCB technical standards are met

Business

• Act as a senior escalation point for technical issues.
• Promote engineering craftsmanship and drive strategic business value.
• Collaborate with PO and align technical solutions to support prioritized backlogs to deliver value driven capabilities.
• Oversee technical delivery and excellence across multiple squads or hives.
• Influence prioritization for technology backlog and strategic initiatives.
• Knowledge on Wealth domain and technology would be added advantage. (knowledge on MS Dynamic is preferred).

Processes

• Improve engineering processes to drive efficiency and collaboration.
• Analyse and mitigate dependencies to enable quality and speed of delivery.
• Drive solution standardization and service reusability.
• Define frameworks and standards for product.
• Actively contribute to process improvement and innovation
• Collaborate with IT Change and Release Managers to develop strategic delivery and release plans with technical dependencies.
• Ensure high-level technical consistency of solution with business and enterprise technology standards.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within squads.

People & Talent

• Able to work with cross functional team.
• Able to influence technical adoption by squad teams

Risk Management

• Mitigate technical risks and ensure high-quality delivery.
• Ensure compliance with application security and regulatory standards.
• Manage technical risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Support required solution to achieve ERR Treatment plan
• Proactively identify and address potential risks.
• Ensure compliance with bank compliance guidelines & standards (e.g. data protection)

Governance

• Ensure product and solution development is aligned with enterprise architecture and standards.
• Maintain consistency in technical practices across squads.
• Lead governance of application/platform-specific technical standards.
• Address tech compliance (ESDLC) requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Represent sub domain in relevant architecture forum and drive vendor solutions in accordance with organizational standards.

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.

Key stakeholders

• Domain Tech Lead
• Chief Product Owner / Product Owners
• Architecture Team
• Release Managers

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Wealth Journey squad;
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with proven track record as an Engineering Lead / Solution Lead in large-scale enterprise environments
• Strong understanding of WRB (Wealth & Retail Banking) and Wealth Solution. Understanding of Lifecycle management of OTC products would be an added advantage.
• Proven ability to drive enterprise-level implementations, with strong technical depth and hands-on involvement
• Strong expertise in solutioning & architecture design, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions
• Deep understanding of SDLC and Agile/Lean methodologies, with experience delivering complex initiatives in Agile environments
• Solid experience with API-led architecture, microservices, and integration technologies (MQ, Kafka, Solace)
• Strong technical foundation in J2EE, OOA/OOP principles, and modern engineering practices
• Experience with cloud platforms, containerization (e.g. Kubernetes), and DevOps/SRE practices including CI/CD pipelines
• Strong experience working with relational and NoSQL databases
• AI – trained, with awareness of applying AI concepts within enterprise technology environments
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Relevant certifications in software development, project management, or Agile methodologies (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, PMP, Certified ScrumMaster)

Role Specific Technical Competencies

Application Delivery Process

• Proven experience in managing and delivering complex technical projects in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to lead multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring quality and timely delivery.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Experience with Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.
• Capability to coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Specific examples of past project management successes, demonstrating effective leadership and delivery.

Technical Skills

• Strong engineering background with extensive experience in delivering high-quality technical solutions in an enterprise environment.
• Ability to interact with APIs, databases, and other technical components.
• Proficiency in understanding code and its implications on the system, enabling effective technical conversations and decision-making.
• Knowledge of modern software development practices and tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

Problem Solving

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills honed through years of practical experience in the field.
• Ability to think critically and make sound technical decisions under pressure.
• Experience in identifying, diagnosing, and addressing complex technical problems.
• Capability to balance short-term fixes with long-term solutions, leveraging past experiences to guide decisions

Technical Aptitude

• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices in architecture.
• Ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions based on extensive industry experience.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, version control systems).
• Experience in setting up and maintaining engineering practices to high standards, with tangible examples from previous roles.
• Ability to drive technical conversations and provide mentorship based on a wealth of practical experience.

Others

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, crucial for effective interaction in an enterprise environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
• Effective stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience in documenting technical designs and solutions for a range of audiences.
• Ability to articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner.

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.

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