Job Description

Job SummaryAPI Engineer will work closely with the Product Owners and Squad Lead to manage the successful delivery of the project outcomes. They will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing and maintaining quality software in a timely manner and will foster collaboration both within the programme and with TTO teams to drive effective executionKey Responsibilities

• Continually ideate, scope, develop, deliver, test and iterate features for the constantly evolving API Platform.
• Ensure appropriate levels of automation are adopted (build, deploy, configure, validate, monitor).
• Lead planning, design and implementation of technical solutions for global internal and external customers.
• Represent the bank technically at industry, regulatory API forums and workshops with external partners.
• Liaise with other global technology, data, operations, compliance teams to execute.
• Follow a structured approach to software delivery within the team
• Advocate best practice release and change management protocols for developments consisting of multiple streams.
• Take ownership and accountability of squad's deliverables.
• Be a positive contributor to team culture and constructive feedback to peers and partner teams

Skills and Experience

• At least 10+ years of experience in IT industry which consist around 2 years on AWS Cloud Platform
• Strong programming skills in Java 8+ (preferably 11+) with excellent knowledge of its ecosystems
• Good knowledge of Java, JS, Spring, SpringBoot, SpringBatch, and technologies around it.
• Good knowledge of RESTful APIs
• Strong hands-on experience in integrating multiple databases like Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL or NoSQL etc.
• Knowledge on Data Engineering including Python, Spark, Scala
• Proficient understanding of code versioning and CICD tools like ADO, Git or Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible, Maven, Gradle
• Knowledge and experience in Container Infrastructure such as Openshift (OCP), Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Terraform.
• Monitoring and Tracing using tools such as Sysdig, AppDynamics or Elastic stack
• Deep hands-on experience in the design, development and deployment of business software at scale
• Experienced working in an Agile environment with globally distributed teams.
• Open mindset to learn and own any project with other than above technologies.

Qualifications

• Java
• Spring Framework
• API / Webservices (REST, SOAP)
• Database (RDBMS or NoSQL)
• Cloud Ecosystem (AWS or Azure)
• Data Engineering (Python or Spark or Scala)

About Standard CharteredWe'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 offerIn 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.

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