AVP - Java Development

Job Summary

• Design and Develop mission critical applications
• Provide engineering leadership

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

Microservices, Orchestration & Application Engineering

• Design, develop, and maintain secure, scalable microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful APIs.
• Implement long-running business processes, state machines, and distributed transaction patterns (e.g., Saga Pattern) using workflow engines like Camunda.
• Write high-throughput, thread-safe code leveraging advanced multithreading and concurrent programming principles.
• Apply core software design patterns, SOLID principles, and clean code practices to maintain long-term application health and maintainability.

Data & Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)

• Build asynchronous, distributed workflows utilizing Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) with messaging platforms (e.g., Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ).
• Write, optimize, and profile complex SQL queries and relational schemas, primarily on PostgreSQL.
• Ensure end-to-end data integrity, transactional consistency, and optimal query performance under high load.

Containerization, Cloud & DevOps

• Package, deploy, and manage microservices in containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate applications into continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, performance bottlenecks, and system failures rapidly.

Agile Execution & Engineering Leadership

• Actively participate in sprint planning, technical design reviews, and backlog grooming in a fast-paced, demanding Agile setting.
• Deliver features with quick turnaround times while upholding high standards for testing and code quality.

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills

• Java
• Microservices
• Event Driven Architecture

Other Skills

• Database and SQL
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Financial Services Domain

Qualifications

Key Experiences

• 14+ Years of relevant experience in enterprise technology development

Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory)

• Bachelors in Computer Science or Engineering

About Standard Chartered

We'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.

Our 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.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

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 all sorts of 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.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.