KDB QA Specialist

Job description

This job is with Standard Chartered Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community.

Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Job Summary

We are looking for a KDB+ Test Engineer to join our expanding data reporting and analytics team, that are building solutions towards a strategic KDB+ Platform.
Daily duties will involve working with data from various business areas by understanding requirements and developing test packs around the main data flows through the system.

The system has analytics and solutions to aid our regulation projects as well as pricing/trading algorithms and ultimately P&L.
Ideally you have experience with Q/KDB+ working in a similar environment and have front office knowledge of the FX, RATES business or quantitative finance.
You should be comfortable building test-plans and test suites and manipulating of large data sets in a high frequency low latency environment.
This role is an exciting opportunity to be part an agile multi-asset ecommerce trading system development team that is distributed between Singapore and London.

The successful candidate is expected to:
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Take responsibility for the system component design and build
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Ensure developed code is fully tested through automated unit tests
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Build relationships with development and support teams
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Adhere to SCB Testing practices
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Manage application support handover as part of the QA process
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Maintain and enhance the test coverage after project go-live
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Build relationships with fellow QA/developers inside/outside FM, Infrastructure units etc.
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Advocate delivery excellence, ensuring application release quality
Key Responsibilities

Regulatory & Business Conduct
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Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
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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.
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Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
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Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
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Serve as a Director of the Board
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Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)
Skills and Experience

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Dev Ops
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Python and SQL
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Databases
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Financial markets especially fixed income
Qualifications

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Education

Computer Science Degree
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Training

KD
Requirements
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Q/KDB or other BigData Experience
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Experience working in a Linux/Unix environment
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Experience of working closely with the development team and product owners on requirements
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Experience/ability to understand FX products and services.
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Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to interact with business representatives.
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Experience in test plans, performance tests, and test automation
Nice To have
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Understanding of ecommerce product workflow across front office and middle office tiers
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KDB/Q, Python, Java
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KX Control Suite
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Pipelines - Apache Nifi / Azure DevOps
About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact.

For more than 170 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
Are better together,

we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer

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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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.

Required Skill Profession

Computer Occupations