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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.\nKey Responsibilities\nStrategy\nAlign technical solutions with strategic organisational goals and long-term vision.\nLead and implement detailed technical solutions for complex, organization-wide projects including end-to-end holistic solution design (interfacing systems).\nDevelop and drive technology strategy and roadmap in collaboration with the Subdomain Tech Lead.\nProvide high-level analysis for planning, and initiatives implementation approaches.\nExpert in solution sizing, estimation, and project forecasting\nSupport audit reviews and exercises.\nDrive RFP and vendor evaluation exercise along with PO to ensure SCB technical standards are met\nBusiness\nAct as a senior escalation point for technical issues.\nPromote engineering craftsmanship and drive strategic business value.\nCollaborate with PO and align technical solutions to support prioritized backlogs to deliver value driven capabilities.\nOversee technical delivery and excellence across multiple squads or hives.\nInfluence prioritization for technology backlog and strategic initiatives.\nKnowledge on Wealth domain and technology would be added advantage. (knowledge on MS Dynamic is preferred).\nProcesses\nImprove engineering processes to drive efficiency and collaboration.\nAnalyse and mitigate dependencies to enable quality and speed of delivery.\nDrive solution standardization and service reusability.\nDefine frameworks and standards for product.\nActively contribute to process improvement and innovation\nCollaborate with IT Change and Release Managers to develop strategic delivery and release plans with technical dependencies.\nEnsure high-level technical consistency of solution with business and enterprise technology standards.\nFoster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence within squads.\nPeople & Talent\nAble to work with cross functional team.\nAble to influence technical adoption by squad teams\nRisk Management\nMitigate technical risks and ensure high-quality delivery.\nEnsure compliance with application security and regulatory standards.\nManage technical risks throughout the delivery lifecycle.\nSupport required solution to achieve ERR Treatment plan\nProactively identify and address potential risks.\nEnsure compliance with bank compliance guidelines & standards (e.g. data protection)\nGovernance\nEnsure product and solution development is aligned with enterprise architecture and standards.\nMaintain consistency in technical practices across squads.\nLead governance of application/platform-specific technical standards.\nAddress tech compliance (ESDLC) requirements throughout the delivery lifecycle.\nRepresent sub domain in relevant architecture forum and drive vendor solutions in accordance with organizational standards.\nRegulatory & Business Conduct\nDisplay exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.\nTake 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.\nEffectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.\nKey stakeholders\nDomain Tech Lead\nChief Product Owner / Product Owners\nArchitecture Team\nRelease Managers\nOther Responsibilities\nEmbed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Wealth Journey squad;\nPerform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures\nSkills and Experience\nApplication Delivery Process\nProven experience in managing and delivering complex technical projects in an enterprise environment.\nAbility to lead multiple projects simultaneously while ensuring quality and timely delivery.\nStrong organizational skills and attention to detail.\nExperience with Agile and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodologies.\nCapability to coordinate and collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.\nSpecific examples of past project management successes, demonstrating effective leadership and delivery.\nTechnical Skills\nStrong engineering background with extensive experience in delivering high-quality technical solutions in an enterprise environment.\nAbility to interact with APIs, databases, and other technical components.\nProficiency in understanding code and its implications on the system, enabling effective technical conversations and decision-making.\nKnowledge of modern software development practices and tools.\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).\nProblem Solving\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills honed through years of practical experience in the field.\nAbility to think critically and make sound technical decisions under pressure.\nExperience in identifying, diagnosing, and addressing complex technical problems.\nCapability to balance short-term fixes with long-term solutions, leveraging past experiences to guide decisions.\nTechnical Aptitude\nDeep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and best practices in architecture.\nAbility to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions based on extensive industry experience.\nFamiliarity with DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD pipelines, version control systems).\nExperience in setting up and maintaining engineering practices to high standards, with tangible examples from previous roles.\nAbility to drive technical conversations and provide mentorship based on a wealth of practical experience.\nOthers\nExcellent communication skills, both verbal and written, crucial for effective interaction in an enterprise environment.\nStrong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.\nEffective stakeholder engagement skills.\nExperience in documenting technical designs and solutions for a range of audiences.\nAbility to articulate complex technical concepts in a clear and concise manner.\nQualifications\n8-12 years of Java development experience, with strong expertise in Spring Boot, Spring Framework, JPA/Hibernate, and building enterprise-grade applications focused on performance optimization and scalability\nAdvanced React.js and frontend development skills, including Redux, TypeScript, modern JavaScript (ES6+), responsive design, and hands-on experience with build tools (Webpack, npm) and modern UI/UX frameworks.\nDeep Kubernetes and containerization experience, including Docker, Kubernetes cluster management, Helm charts, service mesh technologies, and managing container orchestration in production environments.\nStrong microservices architecture expertise, including API design (REST/GraphQL), event-driven architecture, message queues (Kafka/RabbitMQ), distributed systems patterns, and inter-service communication protocols.\nCloud-native and DevOps proficiency with solid experience in AWS/Azure services, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana), and database technologies (SQL/NoSQL).\nGood-to-have: Understanding of AI/ML concepts and ecosystem (e.g., working with AI-powered APIs, basic ML model lifecycle, and integration of AI services into enterprise applications).\nEducation\nEducation: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field\nCertifications: Relevant certifications in software development, project management, or Agile methodologies (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, PMP, Certified ScrumMaster)\nAbout Standard Chartered\nWe'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.\nOur 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.\nTogether we:\nDo the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do\nNever settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well\nAre better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term\nWhat we offer\nIn line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.\nCore bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.\n 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.\nFlexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.\nProactive 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 all sorts of self-help toolkits\nA continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.\n Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - 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