Quantitative Developer

Job Description
Standard Chartered Bank is hiring a Haskell Developer (Quantitative Developer) to join the Front Office Modelling & Analytics team. You will work on a wide range of financial-markets projects, from client-facing GUIs to high-performance server-side systems and large-scale reporting tools. Our platforms handle millions of trades and rely heavily on Haskell and our in-house variant, Mu. In this role, you'll contribute to software architecture, collaborate with front-office stakeholders, and deliver robust, scalable solutions that support trading and risk functions. After a three-month in-office period, the position offers flexible working arrangements within the country of payroll.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop innovative, high-performance software solutions that support front-office modelling, analytics and trading activities.
• Collaborate closely with traders, structuring teams and market specialists to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
• Build and enhance multi-asset trading and risk-management platforms used across global financial markets.
• Deliver reliable, scalable systems across a wide range of projects, from client-facing GUIs to server-side engines and large-scale reporting tools.
• Apply Haskell and our in-house variant Mu to design clean, maintainable and efficient code for mission-critical applications.
• Contribute to quantitative modelling by implementing tools that help the bank understand and manage risk exposure.
• Ensure all development adheres to regulatory, compliance and operational-risk requirements, maintaining high standards of integrity and conduct.
• Support continuous improvement by strengthening internal processes, documentation and engineering best practices.
• Work collaboratively with global teams, sharing knowledge and contributing to a positive, inclusive and high-performance culture.

Skills And Qualifications

• Strong Haskell programming skills (or typed functional programming experience).
• Solid computer-science knowledge: algorithms, data structures, complexity, concurrency/parallelism.
• Experience with large-scale systems, risk modelling or quantitative development is an advantage.
• Familiarity with Git, Azure DevOps, code reviews, documentation and project tracking.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work collaboratively.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into clear, actionable insights.
• High ethical standards and commitment to regulatory compliance.
• Prior experience in financial markets, risk systems or front-office technology (nice to have, not required).
• Experience working with traders, structuring teams or analytics functions.
• Understanding of governance, operational risk, and compliance processes.
• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or a related field.

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.