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- Requisition Number : 56238 Job Location : Chennai, IND Global Grade : Band 5 Work Type : Office Working Employment Type : Permanent Posting Start Date : 19/06/2026 Posting End Date : 30/06/2026 : Job Summary

The “Chapter Lead, Full Stack Engineering - JavaSpring, WRB Tech” role is a hands-on developer role focusing back-end as well as front-end development, and is accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.

Key Responsibilities

Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.

Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.

Maintain exemplary coding standards within the team, contributing to code base development and code repository management.

Perform code reviews to guarantee quality and promote a culture of technical excellence in Java development.

Function as a technical leader and active coder, setting and enforcing domain-specific best practices and technology standards.

Allocate technical resources and personal coding time effectively, balancing leadership with hands-on development tasks.

Maintain a dual focus on leadership and hands-on development, committing code while steering the chapter's technical direction.

Oversee Java backend development standards within the chapter across squads, ensuring uniform excellence and adherence to best coding practices.

Harmonize Java development methodologies across the squad, guiding the integration of innovative practices that align with the bank’s engineering strategies.





Advocate for the adoption of cutting-edge Java technologies and frameworks, driving the evolution of backend practices to meet future challenges.

Strategy

Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices and provide technical assistance to the members of their Chapter.

Responsible for the quality of the code repository where applicable.

Acts as a conduit for the wider domain strategy, for example technical standards.

Prioritises and makes available capacity for technical debt.

Actively shapes and drives towards the Bank-Wide engineering strategy and programmes to uplift standards and steer the technological direction towards excellence

Act as a custodian for Java backend expertise, providing strategic leadership to enhance skill sets and ensure the delivery of high-performance banking solutions

Business

Experienced practitioner and hands on contribution to the squad delivery for their craft (Eg. Engineering).

Responsible for balancing skills and capabilities across teams (squads) and hives in partnership with the Chief Product Owner, Hive Tech Lead & Hive Leadership, and in alignment with the fixed capacity model.

Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.

Processes

Promote a feedback-rich workplace, utilizing internal and external insights to continuously improve chapter operations.





Adopt and embed the Change Delivery Standards throughout the lifecycle of the product / service.

Ensure role, s and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the entire team.

Follows the chapter operating model to ensure a system exists to continue to build capability and performance of the chapter.

Chapter Lead may vary based upon the specific chapter domain its leading.

People & Talent

Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.

Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of their chapter.

Focuses on the development of people and capabilities as the highest priority.

Risk Management

Responsible for effective capacity risk management across the Chapter with regards to attrition and leave plans.

Ensures the chapter follows the standards with respect to risk management as applicable to their chapter domain.

Adheres to common practices to mitigate risk in their respective domain.

Design and uphold a robust risk management plan, with contingencies for succession and role continuity, especially in critical positions.

Governance

Ensure all artefacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies (e.g., SCB Governance Standards, ESDLC etc.).

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Ensure a comprehensive understanding of and adherence to local banking laws, anti-money laundering regulations, and other compliance mandates.

Conduct business activities with a commitment to legal and regulatory compliance, fostering an environment of trust and respect.

Key Stakeholders

Chapter Area Lead

Sub-domain Tech Lead

Domain

📌 Vp, Cl, Full Stack Eng, Wrb Tech (Chennai)
🏢 Standard Chartered
📍 Chennai