Job Description

Senior Developer

About the Job

We are looking for a Senior Developer to join our Finance Technology team. This team develops and maintains a suite of business applications for the finance function. These cover internal and external operational finance functions and reporting functions. These applications are a combination of in-house and vendor technology. The team are responsible for developing these applications in line with stakeholder requirements. Stakeholders are primarily finance but also include colleagues from risk, procurement, global regulators and head office. The team is responsible for building and maintaining robust technology solutions that evolve rapidly to meet these stakeholder needs.


The senior developer will develop and maintain our strategic finance applications. Specific use cases include liquidity monitoring, large exposures, regulatory limit monitoring and data provision for risk applications. They also produce filings for Bank of England, PRA and ICBC head office reporting.


The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of the development lifecycle from technical design and requirements analysis through build and test to delivery of the software into production. They will ensure that requirements and deadlines are met and that software is designed and built in a way to ensure both a smooth transition into production and that maintenance of the systems are made as seamless as possible. They will be involved in coaching and supporting junior members of the team.

What you'll be doing

The team's number one priority is to promote and maintain production stability


You will produce robust, secure and resilient software that is easy to maintain and straightforward to troubleshoot issues. You will gain deep understanding of the applications and enhance the technology stack through measurable incremental improvements, inline upgrades and rollout of approved technical components. When necessary, you will assist support teams in investigating and resolving complex technical issues. You will pro-actively respond to team demands and challenges, helping to prioritise solutions/demands and managing expectations of users/customers. You will provide status and performance metrics where necessary. You continually play an active role in ensuring requirements are technically reviewed and estimated. You can resolve IT risks and vulnerabilities discovered on the application stack. You will ensure that the ICBCS problem, incident & change management processes are understood and followed. You will contribute to Disaster Recovery, BCP, Cyber Resilience and other technical documentation.
The team delivers incremental change including enhancements, fixes and new functionality


You are passionate about being a hands-on senior developer, ensuring high technical standards are adhered to and maintained. You will deliver assigned changes, fixes and enhancements autonomously. You will liaise with technical leads and architecture on design and implementation patterns. Over time, you will design these yourself. You can demonstrate a dev-sec mindset when implementing changes, fixes and enhancements. You will provide analysis and design of strategic & tactical solutions, following development standards and best practices. Identifying and communicating issues and risks to manager as appropriate in a timely manner. You will ensure requirements are complete and understood before development begins. Proactively challenge requirements when necessary. You will proactively define non-functional testing criteria and assist in ensuring all change can be tested. You enjoy minimising manual work by developing automated builds and assist with the CI/CD pipeline and automated regression testing frameworks where necessary. You can suggest and implement functional and non-functional enhancements.

What you'll need to be successful

It would be great if you could demonstrate the following


Evidence of progression and consistency in career to date. Business knowledge in the finance domain will be advantageous. Preferred experience working in a technology function of an investment bank or a regulated environment.

Technical skills, exposure or awareness:

C#, .Net framework 4+, .Net/.Net core, SQL Server NET, MVC, Blazor Entity framework XML, SOAP, Web and Application Servers, HTML LINQ (to Objects, EF, XML) SQL Server Analysis Services (OLAP cubes) PowerShell GIT Rabbit MQ CI/CD pipeline technology SOLID principles of software design Unit testing/integration testing Agile development practices People management/coaching skills.

Why should you join us?

ICBC Standard Bank Plc (ICBCS) is a leading financial markets and commodities bank, driven to deliver the right outcomes for our stakeholders, clients, counterparties and markets. We benefit from a unique Chinese and African parentage and an unrivalled global network and expertise. We're headquartered in London, with operations in Shanghai, Singapore and New York.


We're a diverse and close-knit global team. We put people first, giving talented, self-driven professionals the flexibility, rewards and freedom to grow their expertise and realise their potential.


Our vison statement, "Be Yourself, Succeed Together" underpins our drive for an open and transparent culture which values difference, enabling everyone to thrive whilst being themselves. We have an active E, D&I forum and we're growing other employee network groups, including for women and neurodiversity.


We're committed to the principle of equal opportunities. All applicants will be treated equally and will be considered on their merits and skills without discrimination.

What's in it for you?

Financial market-based pay based on skills and experience, discretionary annual bonus, pension contribution 10% (employee contribution 5%), travel insurance, life assurance and income replacement insurance. Hybrid working the option to work remotely up to two days per week, depending on the role. Family - 6 months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced shared parental leave. Coaching for family leave returners and access to emergency care via My Family Care. Miscarriage and menopause policies. Wellbeing - private medical insurance, Bike2Work scheme, health and fitness subsidy, holiday exchange and an Employee Assistance Programme. Community paid volunteering leave and Give As You Earn scheme. Vibrant CSR and engagement forums and fundraising for our charity partners. Development a suite of opportunities to build the skills you need to excel in your role
If you're excited about becoming part of our team, get in touch. We'd love to hear from you!


ICBCS has appointed Robert Walters Outsourcing (RWO) to manage its recruitment process and Preferred Supplier List (PSL). Unsolicited CVs sent directly to ICBCS or its staff from non-PSL agencies will not be accepted and no fees will be paid for such submissions.