Market Risk Platform (MRP) is Standard Chartered's financial risk consolidation, aggregation and reporting platform for Market Risk. The development team is a world class technology group in Standard Chartered bank to provide technical solutions to support the bank's Financial Markets business as well as support requirements from other projects with a wider scope such as regulatory books of work. We bring a deep understanding of the market, a scientific approach, and innovative technologies to bear on the challenges of profitable trading in the world's highly competitive environment. This is a rare opportunity to get into an organization working with smart, great technologists globally in financial markets domain. The culture in MRP is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful: organized classes and seminars; freewheeling discussions; intensive one-on-one mentorships. Career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents to pursue.
The successful candidate will play a key role in the implementation of highly visible strategic programmes with the primary responsibilities around building components within the MRP platform. Any developed solution must be scalable, robust and fault tolerant catering to the existing and future business needs in a timely manner. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to develop innovative solutions with a view to these being released quickly to gain feedback before advising on the full scale roll out.
The candidate will be a natural technology enthusiast with a driven yet pragmatic, delivery focused mindset and a desire to deliver constant business value through the effective and innovative use of technology. The candidate will be expected to take ownership, responsibility and accountability for critical components, and will have come from a mature and demonstrable agile background and be comfortable dealing with the resistance that comes with change. The candidate is expected to work in a dynamic global team with business analysts, project managers, business stakeholders and other technical experts across multiple locations.
Designing, developing & maintaining efficient and robust data transformation & reporting framework.
- Leading a team of local data engineers & be a role model for the team members
- Design application architecture according to business requirement, technology standards & best practices.
- Working closely with business users to deliver optimal solution according to their needs
- Work as part of Agile Scrum Team.
- Ensuring team is delivering/writing clean, well-designed code
- Supporting production issues by troubleshooting and resolving issues that arise around data processing, performance and set-up
- Troubleshooting, testing and maintaining the core product software and databases with optimal functionality & optimization
- Contributing in all phases of the development lifecycle
MUST
Technical Knowledge
o 10+ years of software development & data analysis experience
o 7+ years of experience as a lead data analyst
o Strong background in Python development and it's libraries (like pandas, numpy, json, requests, pytest/unittest, pyarrow, openpyxl,xlsxwriter) including good understanding on architecture, design principles, coding standards, modularity & design patterns
o Good experience in developing, implementing and managing data-driven Python applications
o Data integration and a good understanding of ETL where able to enrich and read data from various data format like CSV,JSON,XML,Parquet,Avro,OLAP Cube e.t.c.
o Lambda Architecture for unified data pipelines for batch & real time processing
o RESTful API design and integrations
o Automation & continuous integration (Jenkins)
o Agile environment and testing frameworks (unittest / pytest)
o Develop algorithms to transform data into useful, actionable information
o Understanding of Relational Database such as PostgreSQL/Oracle & acquainted with OLAP - Online Analytical Processing (MDX Query) will be added advantage
Domain Knowledge
o Good Market Risk domain experience preferred however is not essential. Domain knowledge on financial instruments and derivatives, trading and risk management, market data, and market risk processes and methodologies.
o Good understanding of risk measures, risk analysis and reporting
o Knowledge of at least one specific asset class / line of financial instruments would be valued
Other Preferred Skills
o Strong analytical & problem solving and creative skills
o Good communication skills in both written and oral English
o Ability to be organised and multi-task on different requirements across various stakeholders, and to work independently and under pressure
o Cultural sensitivity and awareness to work with a range of people from diverse background and geographies
o Can work unsupervised and prioritize & accomplish tasks accurately and on a timely basis
o Should have a technical or numerate degree in subjects such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Economics, advanced degree preferred
NICE TO HAVEo Understand data warehouses and data lakes and how they work
o Core Java Skills, JDK8/11, Collections, Threading, JDBC
o Knowledge of Cloud Technologies e.g. AWS, Azure, Cloud Storage such as S3/HCP/Azure Storage
o Exposure to Messaging Technologies such as Kafka, RabbitQ, Spring Stream
o Working with Docker and Kubernetes, microservice patterns a plus
Leadership
o Acts as a role model to more junior members
o Inspires coworkers to attain goals and pursue excellence
o Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change
o Remains on the forefront of emerging industry practices
Luxoft DXC
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Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a global digital strategy and software engineering firm with over 17,000 international employees within its 58 offices in 29 countries. It is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.
In January 2019, Luxoft was acquired by U.S. company DXC Technology. Luxoft partnered with LG Electronics to create a next-generation Autonomous Mobility concept vehicle that integrates consumers' personalized digital lifestyles into a driving experience. Luxoft enabled Switzerland's first Blockchain based e-vote platform with the City of Zug and Hochschule Luzern's Blockchain Lab.
Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company is a world-renowned company. It has been present on the Polish market for over 13 years. We have offices in Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw, and Gdansk. We employ over 2,000 professional experts carrying out projects for over 100 clients from the financial, automotive, medical, tourist industries, etc. We work for many international clients, including the USA, Great Britain, and Switzerland.
So far, Luxoft Poland has made a name for itself as a company that offers work on innovative projects, we offer various experiences in the field of IT, opportunities for rapid development, an extensive training program, and attractive benefits for employees.
At present, 62% of Luxoft Poland employees come from Poland, and 38% from around 50 countries, including Ukraine, Brazil, India, Turkey, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Romania, USA, etc.
At Luxoft, a DXC Technology Company almost 80 percent of employees are experts with the "Senior" experience level, with at least five years of experience. We care about our employees, so every day we try to provide them with the best possible conditions for work and development.
Technology is our passion! We focus on top engineering talent means that you will be working with the best industry professionals from around the world. Because of that, Luxoft is a global family with an epic atmosphere – we love what we do!