backend developer in financial markets

Standard Chartered; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Retirement savings

Annual leave

Flexible working

Learning & development

Job summary

Standard Chartered, a leading international bank, is seeking an experienced Senior Full-Stack Java Developer to contribute across the full technology stack and collaborate on architectural decisions.

The role emphasizes delivering complex, real-time, event-driven applications with latency-sensitive performance, while working in a hybrid model that balances home and office locations. Strong English and design skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Expert knowledge of Core Java, Spring, RX Java, REST, and Reactive Web Services.
• Experience with microservices and container technologies: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines such as Azure DevOps.
• Experience with SQL databases and distributed stores (e.g., Cassandra).
• Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Solace).
• Fluent English, spoken and written.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all stages of delivery, from requirements gathering to post-release customer support.
• Build new functionality while adhering to existing coding patterns.
• Own and collaborate on technical design.
• Break large projects into tasks, delegate them to other developers, and coordinate delivery of the solution.
• Coach others to reduce review iterations.
• Develop towards becoming a senior full-stack developer.

Skills

Java

Full-stack development

REST APIs

Reactive programming

English communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure DevOps

Job description

Описание

Standard Chartered is an international bank that provides financial services and supports commerce and prosperity through its global business.

Задачи

• Participate in all stages of delivery, from requirements gathering to post-release customer support
• Build new functionality while adhering to existing coding patterns
• Own and collaborate on technical design
• Break large projects into tasks, delegate them to other developers, and coordinate delivery of the consolidated solution
• Coach others to reduce review iterations
• Develop towards becoming a senior full-stack developer
• Learn and apply existing design and coding patterns, and collaborate to evolve them
• Deliver increasingly complex projects for customers

Требования

• 7+ Years of relevant experience
• Versatile Java development skills and sound software design principles
• Expert knowledge of Core Java, Spring Framework, RX Java, REST, and Reactive Web Services
• Experience with microservices and container technologies, such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm, and Docker
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, such as Azure DevOps
• Experience with SQL databases and distributed data stores, such as Cassandra and Hazelcast
• Experience with messaging technologies, such as Kafka and Solace
• Good knowledge of design patterns and best practices
• Ability to design solutions to complex or ambiguous business problems, including changes to existing architecture or frameworks
• Ability to write efficient, clear, well-tested code and explain what was built and why
• Experience building complex, real-time, event-driven transactional applications
• Experience optimizing performance of latency-sensitive systems
• Experience delivering features across the full stack
• Fluent spoken and written English
• Experience driving requirements and development efforts
• Experience with end-to-end design, development, and support of complex systems
• Proactive, autonomous, and able to solve problems, take ownership, and deal with ambiguity
• Financial Markets domain knowledge, preferably in investment banking
• Derivatives product knowledge, specifically Rates & Credit
• E-trading technology experience

Условия

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Annual leave, parental/maternity leave (20 weeks), sabbatical leave (up to 12 months), and volunteering leave (3 days); at least 30 days of annual and public holidays combined
• Flexible working patterns based around home and office locations
• Wellbeing support, including Unmind, resilience and human-skills development courses, an Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders, and self-help toolkits
• Learning and development opportunities, including reskilling, upskilling, and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning