VP, CL, Full Stack Engineering, WRB Tech

Job Summary

The “Chapter Lead, Full Stack Engineering - JavaSpring, WRB Tech” role is a hands-on developer role focusing back-end as well as front-end development, and is accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members. Responsibilities in detail are:

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain exemplary coding standards within the team, contributing to code base development and code repository management.
• Perform code reviews to guarantee quality and promote a culture of technical excellence in Java development.
• Function as a technical leader and active coder, setting and enforcing domain-specific best practices and technology standards.
• Allocate technical resources and personal coding time effectively, balancing leadership with hands-on development tasks.
• Maintain a dual focus on leadership and hands-on development, committing code while steering the chapter's technical direction.
• Oversee Java backend development standards within the chapter across squads, ensuring uniform excellence and adherence to best coding practices.
• Harmonize Java development methodologies across the squad, guiding the integration of innovative practices that align with the bank’s engineering strategies.
• Advocate for the adoption of cutting-edge Java technologies and frameworks, driving the evolution of backend practices to meet future challenges.

Strategy

• Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.
• Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.
• Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.
• Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.
• This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery.
• Actively shapes and drives towards the Bank-Wide engineering strategy and programmes to uplift standards and steer the technological direction towards excellence
• Act as a custodian for Java backend expertise, providing strategic leadership to enhance skill sets and ensure the delivery of high-performance banking solutions

Business

• Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery for their craft (Eg. Engineering).
• Responsible for balancing skills and capabilities across teams (squads) and hives in partnership with the Chief Product Owner, Hive Tech Lead & Hive Leadership, and in alignment with the fixed capacity model.
• Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.
• Collaborate with product owners and other tech leads to ensure applications meet functional requirements and strategic objectives

Processes

• Promote a feedback-rich environment, utilizing internal and external insights to continuously improve chapter operations.
• Adopt and embed the Change Delivery Standards throughout the lifecycle of the product / service.
• Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team.
• Follows the chapter operating model to ensure a system exists to continue to build capability and performance of the chapter.
• Chapter Lead may vary based upon the specific chapter domain its leading.

People & Talent

• Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.
• Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of their chapter.
• Focuses on the development of people and capabilities as the highest priority.

Risk Management

• Responsible for effective capacity risk management across the Chapter with regards to attrition and leave plans.
• Ensures the chapter follows the standards with respect to risk management as applicable to their chapter domain.
• Adheres to common practices to mitigate risk in their respective domain.
• Design and uphold a robust risk management plan, with contingencies for succession and role continuity, especially in critical positions.

Governance

• Ensure all artefacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies (e.g., SCB Governance Standards, ESDLC etc.).

Key Stakeholders

• Chapter Area Lead
• Sub-domain Tech Lead
• Domain Architect
• Business Leads / Product owners

Other Responsibilities

• Champion the company's broader mission and values, integrating them into daily operations and team ethos.
• Undertake additional responsibilities as necessary, ensuring they contribute to the organisation's strategic aims and adhere to Group and other Relevant policies.

Skills and Experience

• Java (Spring)
• RESTful APIs
• Relational Database (e.g. MySQL or Postgres) - Must
• NoSQL Database (e.g. MongoDB or Cassandra) - Nice to have
• JavaScript ES6 (and TypeScript)
• ReactJS or Angular or Vue
• HTML5/CSS/DOM/Responsive Design Principles
• Network Fundamentals
• Security Fundamentals
• CI/CD
• Native mobile development (iOS/Android)

Qualifications

• Hands-on Java Development
• Leadership in System Architecture
• Database Proficiency
• CI / CD
• Container Platforms - Kubernetes / OCP / Podman

Requirements & Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with a comprehensive background in full-stack development.
• 10+ years of experience in software development with at least 5 years focused on full-stack projects involving Java and Spring frameworks.
• Demonstrable experience with front-end development, including proficiency with JavaScript, CSS3, and HTML5, and frameworks like React.
• Proficiency in a range of Java frameworks such as Spring, Spring Boot, and Hibernate, and an understanding of Apache Struts.
• Proficient in Java, with solid expertise in core concepts like object-oriented programming, data structures, and complex algorithms.
• Knowledgeable in web technologies, able to work with HTTP, RESTful APIs, JSON, and XML
• Expert knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB, Cassandra is a plus
• Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipeline deployment, containerisation technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Solid grasp of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for seamless integration with backend systems.
• Strong version control skills using tools like Git / Bitbucket / ADO with a commitment to maintaining high standards of code quality through reviews and automated tests.
• Exceptional communication and team-building skills, with the capacity to mentor developers, facilitate technical skill growth, and align team efforts with strategic objectives.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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.