Principal Engineer

Strong hands on engineering lead for Credit Origination Hive in PE. This is #2 priority for the CTA program and a strong engineering talent is required to drive the rebuild of creditmate legacy platform. The skillset requires is to complete overhaul and develop an inhouse solution in latest technology stack 

The person will drive the solution design, architecture and execution of developing new creditmate UI aligned with CC wide Unified UI / UX strategy. This is a strategic role to provide overall technical leadership and direction  encouraging innovation and improvement in the technology and data systems, processes and ways of working.

Strategy
•    Advice future technology capabilities and architecture design considering business objectives, technology strategy, trends and regulatory requirements
•    Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business

•    Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.
•    Understand and Recommend business flows and translate them to API Ecosystem
Processes

•    Responsible for executing and supervising microservices development to facilitate business capabilities and orchestrate to achieve business outcomes
People & Talent

•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
•    Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.

Risk Management

•    The ability to interpret the Portfolio Key Risks, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures

Governance

•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role

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.

Key stakeholders

•    Product Owners, Hive Leads, Client Coverage Tech and Biz Stakeholders

•    Participates in development of multiple or large software products and estimates and monitors development costs based on functional and technical requirements.
•    Must have advanced knowledge on hosting platforms like – Kubernetes/Openshift/AWS EKS
•    Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different development languages and tools.
•    Expertise in RDBMS solutions (Oracle, PostgreSQL) & NoSQL offerings (Cassandra, MongoDB, etc)
•    Experience in distributed technologies e.g. Kafka, Apache MQ, RabbitMQ etc. will be added advantage
•    Conducts walkthroughs and monitors effectiveness and quality of the development activities.
•    Strong knowledge in application integration using Web Service (SOAP/REST/GRPC) or Messaging using JMS.
•    Ability to design and build smart, scalable, reliable solutions with tight deadlines
•    Strong knowledge about design patterns and development principles, microservices architecture
•    Good hands on Data structure and Algorithms.

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

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.