Standard Chartered is seeking a Platform Architect to join our team. This role requires 7–10 years of experience in coding and designing high-scale platforms. You will collaborate closely with engineering, business stakeholders, compliance, and external vendors to ensure the timely and successful delivery of our digital assets platform.

What You'll Do

Architect a secure, scalable, and high-availability digital-assets platform.
Seamlessly integrate custody, multi-chain networks, wallet operations, and orchestration.
Implement reliable messaging patterns including queues, retries, DLQ, and replay mechanisms.
Ensure observability, disaster recovery, failover, and predictable performance at scale.
Develop automation, runbooks, exception handling, and operational guardrails.
Simplify complex digital asset concepts for various stakeholders.
Partner with Business Analysts and Product Business lines to build secure, resilient, and scalable systems.
Address and solve potential interdependencies between platforms and systems.
Adhere to GCOC and own the Test Strategy Document.
Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, regulatory compliance, and business conduct, and effectively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk and compliance matters.

What We're Looking For

7–10 years of experience in coding and designing high-scale platforms.
Strong background in distributed systems, microservices, and high-scale platforms.
Proficiency in design skills and hands-on experience with Java.
Understanding of blockchain technology, custody models, and wallet operations.
Experience with event-driven flows and resilient APIs.
Experience with Project Management Tools, Agile and Scrum Methodologies.
Skills in project planning, scheduling, risk and issue management, budgeting, cost management, reporting, dashboards, and change management.
Business Analysis skills and technical acumen for understanding APIs and data flows.
Familiarity with automation concepts and documentation tools.

Technical Stack

Java

Benefits & Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits supporting 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.
Generous time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum), and volunteering leave (3 days), with a 30 days minimum total for annual and public holidays.
Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, development courses, a global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders, and self-help toolkits.
A continuous learning culture with opportunities to reskill and upskill, and access to physical, virtual, and digital learning.
An inclusive and values-driven organisation that embraces diversity, where everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.