Standard Chartered
The Software Engineer - Distributed Systems designs, builds, and supports highly scalable, resilient, and secure services for critical transaction processing environments. The role focuses on solving complex engineering problems across service orchestration, data consistency, failure recovery, observability, and performance at scale, delivering robust, high-throughput, low-latency critical banking systems. The engineer will be part of a high-performing team focused on engineering excellence and delivery quality.
Standard Chartered is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. It offers retail, corporate and institutional banking, wealth management, trade finance, treasury and markets, and transactional banking with a strong focus on cross-border services. Formed in 1969 by the merger of Standard Bank and Chartered Bank, the bank operates across roughly 60 markets—primarily in Asia, Africa and the Middle East—and is listed on the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges. It is known for serving corporations and clients engaged in emerging‑market trade and international banking, with expanding digital and cash‑management solutions.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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