Job Description

Role Responsibilities

• As Strats it is our job to deliver high-quality technical solutions quickly for some of the core systems in Financial Markets. To do so, we use cutting edge functional programming languages and formal methods and interact frequently and intensively with our business stakeholders.
• We are looking for someone to join our team of Haskell developers in London to develop the bank\'s cloud-based derivatives pricing platform. You will work alongside business stakeholders and other teams in Financial Markets to implement and frequently deploy new functionality that will be used in the bank\'s mission-critical systems. The ideal candidate has strong technical skills, extensive experience with applying functional programming, the ability to learn about the business domain, and the ability to interact well with business stakeholders.
• The bank places a strong emphasis on learning and developing yourself. You will have ample opportunity to develop yourself both technical and non-technically. Growing towards a leadership position is a distinct possibility in this role.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrable experience with software development using functional programming languages, preferably Haskell.
• 4+ years experience in industry delivering software solutions, preferably using functional programming languages.
• MSc or PhD in Computing Science or another STEM field is preferable, but optional in the presence of extensive experience in functional programming.
• Experience with using Linux environments.
• Experience with developing server-side software.
• Willingness to learn about Financial Markets and derivative products.
• Willingness to learn about Cloud computing.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to learn new theory and skills quickly.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Haskell (or other functional programming languages)
• Git
• Cloud
• Linux

About Standard Chartered
We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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.

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