Associate, Backend Engineer

Job Description:

Job Summary:

• We are looking for Senior Backend Developer for our agile team.
• An ideal candidate should have experience on agile delivery, understanding the CI/CD model. Exposure to Spring Boot, Java/J2EE. Microservice, REST API is a must.
• As a Senior Backend developer and a member of a highly skilled forward-thinking team working on product development in an agile and collaborative environment, you will work with modern technologies and learn how these technologies are applied.
• You will be responsible to come up with design solutions, end to end feature implementation and will be a full-time member of the Engineering team.
• Should follow good engineering principles to build high-quality software.
• Be an integral part of an Agile engineering team and work interactively with fellow engineers and product owners.
• Mentor & provide guidance to members in development and testing methodologies.
• Actively participate in agile development process and peer to peer code review sessions.
• Should be having 11+ years of in-depth hands-on development experience in implementing Java/J2EE & Spring Boot applications and must have experience on using Java 17 Platform. And good to have Java 21 platform knowledge.
• Should be a good team player with professional attitude towards work, having excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work independently.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy:

• Awareness and understanding of the digital development, testing, business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Business:

• Awareness and understanding of Retail business, the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates

Processes:

• Awareness and understanding of Digital Development, Agile s/w development process, change and release management process

Risk Management:

• Awareness and understanding of Senior development role in the software delivery life cycle

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, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Skills and Experience:

Priority Skills:

• J2EE and Spring Boot
• Object Oriented and Functional Programming
• Java/J2EE Design Patterns
• RESTFul API & SOAP Services
• SQL and Stored Procedures
• Javascript Frameworks
• HTML, CSS, JSP, AJAX and JQuery
• GIT, Maven, Jenkins & JIRA

Core Competencies:

• In-depth hands-on development experience in implementing Java/J2EE & Spring Boot applications with Microservice architecture
• Very good understanding of Object Orient and Functional Programming paradigm
• Experience in implementing Java/J2EE Design Patterns
• Hands on experience in developing and integrating with RESTFul API's & SOAP Services
• Well-versed with table design, normalization and writing SQLs & stored procedures
• Exposure to JavaScript framework like React JS
• Good understanding of HTML, CSS, JSP, AJAX and JQuery
• Hands on experience in using GIT, Maven, Jenkins & JIRA

Other Preferred Competencies:

• SSO, LDAP, Application Deployment in Web/App Servers and Production Support
• Exposure to Pega, Fuse, AWS, Linux would be plus
• Experience in configuring API Gateway, preferably Axway
• Experience in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Rundeck or Ansible

Motivations:

• Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, energy and enthusiasm
• Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
• Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issues and saying what needs to be said.
• Instils Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity.
• Nimble Learning: Actively learning from experimentation, success, and failures. Applying lessons learned to new problems.
• Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward.
• Develops Talent: Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organisation's goals.
• Drives Vision & Purpose: Painting a compelling picture of the vision and strategy that motivates others to action.
• Gives Clarity and Guidance: Providing direction, delegating and removing obstacles to get work done.

Qualifications:

• Qualifications requirement: BE / BTECH / MCA in Computer Science
• Languages requirement: English

Skills

J2EE, Java, Microservices, REST, SOAP, Spring Boot