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Solar Backend Developer
Role summary
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The Solar Backend Developer role involves designing, building and maintaining reliable backend services for Standard Chartered’s digital banking platforms. Candidates are expected to have strong experience with backend development, likely using languages such as Java, Python or similar, together with RESTful APIs, databases, cloud technologies, testing and automated deployment. Familiarity with microservices, event-driven systems, CI/CD, version control and agile delivery is valuable. The successful candidate should write clean, secure and maintainable code, troubleshoot production issues, contribute to technical design decisions and work effectively with product managers, engineers and other stakeholders. Experience in financial services, cybersecurity, scalability and regulatory expectations would be advantageous.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Analyst jobs are degree level: the employer sponsors you at GBP 41,700 or the job's going rate if higher (finance analysts about GBP 45,800).
Before you apply: Dealing, advising and senior roles usually need a regulator's licence or approval, which checks your honesty, skills and finances. Ask if your job does.
Watch for: A lower floor of GBP 33,400 applies in some cases, such as new entrants. The employer must hold a sponsor licence and you need a confirmed job offer first.
Official source: GOV.UK: Skilled Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Banking jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee is yours (GBP 819; GBP 324 health and care) unless the employer pays; moving help varies |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
| Health cover | NHS care for visa holders; you pay a health surcharge of GBP 1,035 a year, except on health and care visas |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
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About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on markets across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and other growth regions. The bank provides personal, private, business, commercial and corporate banking, as well as wealth management and financial-market services. It serves individuals, companies, institutions and governments through a combination of branches, digital platforms and specialist financial services. Technology is central to its strategy, supporting mobile banking, payments, data, cybersecurity, automation and large-scale banking infrastructure. Standard Chartered promotes a diverse, international workforce and regularly recruits software engineers, data specialists, risk professionals and product teams. Its London operations connect global technology and business functions, making the city a significant location for developing secure, scalable financial products.