Blade Web UI Developer

Full Job Description

About Standard Chartered  

We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.  To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit.  It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, here for good.  

About the Team

The FM Digital Channels (aka Blade) team is responsible for cross-product transactional pricing of derivatives within Standard Chartered. The culture in the team is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful and career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents willing and able to step up.

The Key Responsibilities

As a senior developer, you’ll be driving our platform forwards and delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements. Based in London, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations.

Key Attributes

•        An excellent JavaScript (TypeScript) developer with good software design principles and the ability to write robust code and accompanying test suites

•   Familiarity with React, npm/yarn and webpack

•        Ability to write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why

•        Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort

•        Take ownership and responsibility for the full development lifecycle

•        Experience working in an agile development environment

•        A team player, capable of engaging with other teams

•        Experience in the end-to-end design, development and support of financial markets systems

•        Experience with real-time (event-driven) architectures

•      Being a full-stack web developer is a plus

•        Provide second line support

•        Domain knowledge in e-trading and FX is a plus

Technical skills:

•           5+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience

•  Core JavaScript (essential), TypeScript,

•           React, npm/yarn and webpack

•           Strong CSS 

•        Familiarity with Rx a plus

•           Single page modular application development

•           Understanding of real-time (event-driven) application development

•           Ability to develop latency sensitive systems

•           Experience with git and Atlassian toolset

•           Familiarity with Java is a plus

Functional skills:

•           Financial Market domain knowledge

•           Investment banking is a strong plus

•           Derivatives business is a plus

•           e-trading technology experience is a plus

Soft skills:

•           Fluent in English (speaking and writing)

•           Strong ownership and ability to deal with ambiguity

•           Outstanding problem-solving skills

•           Proactive, self-starter, autonomous

•          Good team spirit

Responsibilities*

Strategy*

Contribute to the definition of the team’s technical roadmap and ensure the adherence to it

Business*

Take ownership of the of design and delivery of assigned features. Take ownership for and drive the delivery of platform-wide initiatives and issue remediations.

Processes*

Contribute to and participate in the team’s process improvements initiatives.

People & Talent*

Participate in hiring, engage in peer coaching.

Risk Management*

According to Global and FM Technology risk management frameworks