Standard Chartered is looking for an App Development Manager to join our Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) Centre of Excellence. This role involves leading the end-to-end development of innovative, high-impact projects involving blockchain infrastructure, digital assets, and enterprise-grade integrations. You will bring deep technical expertise to drive product delivery across emerging technologies and regulated environments, embodying our culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness.
What You'll Do
- Build and maintain blockchain protocols, smart contracts, tokenization modules, and consensus algorithms.
- Ensure security, integrity, and scalability of blockchain solutions.
- Stay updated with emerging trends and technologies in blockchain and cryptocurrency.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in blockchain applications and systems.
- Suggest blockchain development processes and best practices.
- Perform code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, security, scalability, and adherence to coding standards.
- Collaborate across platform, security, network, and compliance teams to ensure seamless integration of DLT services into enterprise ecosystems.
- Work with solution architects and security domain experts to design and implement systems compliant with internal controls, frameworks, and best practices.
- Work with cross-functional teams (Dev, DevOps, QA) through the full delivery lifecycle from ideation to implementation.
- Interact with business users, compliance, security, and external partners, aligning technical goals with business outcomes.
- Interpret and align all responsible applications under the Group's technology and security framework, identify key issues, and put appropriate controls in place.
- Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness where ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
- Ensure application design considerations are taken based on regulatory framework for infrastructure hosting and data management for client-facing applications.
What We're Looking For
- End-to-end software development experience.
- Hands-on experience in building applications to manage client journey and experience.
- Experience with taking code through testing, deployment, and production.
- Hands-on experience with permissioned blockchain frameworks such as Quorum, Hyperledger Besu, Hyperledger Fabric, and Corda, including provisioning, configuration, and orchestration.
- Demonstrated understanding of DLT applications such as Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization, Cross-Border Payments, Decentralized Identity (DID), and smart contract-based financial products.
- Strong proficiency in backend development using Python or Golang, Solidity, RESTful API design, and microservice architectures.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Proven track record deploying systems on AWS EKS or Azure AKS using CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of cryptographic primitives including public/private key infrastructure, symmetric/asymmetric encryption, digital signatures, and secure key management.
- Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure networking, access controls, high-availability setups, and infrastructure automation.
- Proficiency in SDLC practices, Agile delivery, Git-based version control, issue tracking systems, and technical documentation.
- Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams (Dev, DevOps, QA) through the full delivery lifecycle from ideation to implementation.
- Comfortable interacting with business users, compliance, security, and external partners, aligning technical goals with business outcomes.
- Adept at navigating ambiguity and delivering creative, robust solutions under tight deadlines and evolving requirements.
- Clear and persuasive communicator able to translate complex technical ideas into actionable insights for diverse audiences.
- Strong track record of meeting delivery milestones while upholding code quality and security standards.
- Ability to coach and support junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework around infrastructure hosting and data management for client-facing applications.
- 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.
Technical Stack
- Languages: Python, Golang, Solidity, Java
- Frameworks/Architectures: RESTful APIs, Microservices, Spring Boot, React
- Infrastructure & Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS EKS, Azure AKS, CI/CD pipelines, Git
- Blockchain: Quorum, Hyperledger Besu, Hyperledger Fabric, Corda
- Messaging: Kafka, Solace
Team & Environment
You will join an Agile, dynamic, and flat organisational structure, working within cross-functional teams (Dev, DevOps, QA).
