Senior Backend Engineer - Real-Time Financial Markets (Flexible)

Standard Chartered; United States; Hybrid; 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

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.