Standard Charteredposted about 1 month ago
Full-time - Senior
Hybrid - Bangalore, IN
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Chapter Area Lead Back-end development - WRB Tech is a leadership role focusing on people development & capability building in backend technologies. The role is also accountable for defining the operating model of the Chapter area and also support capacity planning across Squads/ hives.

Responsibilities

  • Define technology strategy & roadmap to create micro services, re-usable APIs and its integration for platforms and applications across WRB.
  • Provide inputs in technology evaluations, RFPs related to back-end development.
  • Establish a robust deployment topology to cater to critical non-functional requirements such as Zero down-time, blue-green deployments, graceful degradation of services in the event of catastrophic failures.
  • Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices.
  • Provide thought leadership on the craft, inspire and retain talents by developing and nurturing an extensive internal and external network of practitioners.
  • Creates a strategy roadmap of technical work.
  • Works to drive technology convergence and simplification across their chapter area.
  • Work with business to identify projected growth volumes of customer/ consumer traffic, perform capacity planning of back end infrastructure resources.
  • Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.
  • Scales the practices and capabilities across multiple hives i.e. mobile/front end experience across the app, driving consistency across skill domains.
  • Establish a change and release management process that avoids down-time (Blue-green/ Canary).
  • Monitor and proactively upgrade backend platforms to reduce obsolescence/ security vulnerabilities.
  • Establish and operate an API platform promoting re-use of APIs across WRB including API discoverability.
  • 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 chapter leads.
  • Ensures the establishment of capability development systems across the chapter area, measuring and tracking the improvement of their chapter area members as well as chapter leads.
  • Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.
  • Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across all of the Chapters in their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of Chapters.
  • Responsible for effective capacity risk management across the Chapter Area with regards to attrition and leave plans.
  • Ensure all artefacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies.
  • Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
  • Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 14+ years of experience in backend development, with a strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language and framework (e.g., Java/Spring, Python/Django).
  • Solid understanding of database management systems, including both SQL and NoSQL databases.
  • Expertise in performance engineering of distributed systems.
  • Ability to articulate the overall vision for the Chapters and ensure upskilling of the organisation holistically.
  • Experience in identifying skill gaps and mitigate risks to deliverables.
  • Ensure all solutions are as per Architecture Standards.
  • Experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs.
  • Familiarity with version control systems, such as Git, Bitbucket and CI / CD platforms like ADO, Jenkins.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.

Nice-to-haves

  • Operating Systems
  • Network Fundamentals
  • Security Fundamentals
  • Database Development
  • CI/CD
  • Container platforms - Kubernetes, Podman, OCP

Benefits

  • 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.
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