Senior Quantitative Developer

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. Its 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.Were committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.The Role ResponsibilitiesStandard Chartered bank is hiring senior Haskell developers for the front office Modelling and Analytics Group. We have dozens of developers working in very diverse financial market projects within corporate and institutional banking. Some of our projects are user-facing GUIs, others are server-side request handlers or reporting tools. Their scope ranges from small applications to support a single team, to processes that handle millions of trades, or have thousands of users. We use Haskell (or our in-house variant, Mu) for practically everything we do.We expect solid computer science knowledge and demonstrated typed functional experience at all levels, but you will also be responsible for architecture design, stakeholder communication, project management, and project and/or team leadership. We use git for source control and the Atlassian suite (Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira) for code reviews, documentation and project tracking. No finance knowledge is required, but excellent communication and collaboration skills are essential. We believe our unique diversity is a key aspect of our success and strive to maintain an open and inclusive culture to everyone.After an initial three-month period in-office, this role can be performed flexibly in time and location, but only from the country of payroll.Strategy

• Software development to generate revenue for the bank
• Understand front office concerns in order to bridge the gap between the front office and back office
• Risk modelling to quantify the various kinds of risks faced by the Bank
• Deliver robust, high performance software and quantitative analyses

Business

• Work closely with FM traders and structuring teams, analysing trades and asset origination opportunities for execution and ongoing measurement and management
• Maintain and develop cutting edge trading, pricing and multi assets risk management platforms
• Work on projects ranging from client-facing GUIs, server-side request handlers or reporting tools, and devops
• Use of Haskell and our in-house variant, Mu
• Experience with Prime Brokerage and Custody is a plus

Processes

• Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
• Support Operational Risk monitoring via reports and data provided to Compliance and BORM
• Assist in ensuring that there are appropriate and documented internal controls and procedures in place

People and Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
• Set appropriate tone and expectations amongst colleagues and work in collaboration with partners

• Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practice

Risk Management

• An awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them

• Embed Operational Risk monitoring as an integral part of the business process. Towards this, to effectively carry out the assigned role, if any, under Compliance Risk Management and Operational Risk Management Assurance

Governance

• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
• Willingness to speak up in the event of any realised or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues
• Willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• 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. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Assist the team in achieving the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• Adherence to code of conduct prescribed by FCA

Key Stakeholders

• FM Trading & Trading Heads
• FM Structuring
• MAG
• Electronic Market Solutions
• SABRE IT

Other Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Here for good and Group s brand and values in daily behaviour
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Haskell programming experience.
• Solid computer science knowledge (algorithms, data structures, complexity, concurrency / parallelism)
• Experience with Prime Brokerage services would be a plus

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Keyskills :
operational risk managementrisk managementdata structuresprime brokeragereporting toolsrisk monitoringcomputer scienceoperational riskfinancial marketsinternal controlsproject managementproject administration