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AVP, Engineering Lead, WRB Tech (Wealth Equities)
Role summary
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The role requires strong software engineering leadership experience, ideally in banking, wealth management, or financial technology. The candidate should be comfortable designing and delivering secure, scalable systems, leading engineering teams, managing technology delivery, and working with architects, product managers, risk teams, and business stakeholders. Experience with modern development practices, cloud platforms, APIs, data integration, DevOps, application security, and Agile delivery is likely expected. Knowledge of wealth equities, investment products, or related capital-markets technology would be advantageous. The successful candidate is expected to provide technical direction, improve engineering standards, manage delivery risks, mentor teams, and ensure solutions meet regulatory, security, quality, and business requirements.
Can I work in Malaysia?
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: Employment Pass with a Bank Negara letter; RM 5,000+ basic (about USD 1,150) after a 14-day MYFutureJobs advert (exempt at RM 15,000+); 10 years from RM 10,000.
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: Only basic pay counts towards the RM 5,000 floor, not allowances; from 1 January 2027 EP II and III applications need a succession plan to train a Malaysian.
Official source: Expatriate Services Division: ESD Online Guidebook 2025. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Malaysia
Usual for Banking jobs in Malaysia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not provided; senior expats may get a housing allowance |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Employer usually pays the pass fees (about RM 330 to 480) and any levy; relocation money for senior hires only |
| Flights | Not standard; senior packages may add a joining flight and home leave |
| Contract | Fixed term tied to the pass, up to 5 years each; EP I and II capped at 10 years, EP III at 5 (June 2026) |
| Leave | Peninsular Malaysia: 8 days a year, 12 after 2 years, 16 after 5; 11 public holidays; 45-hour week (by law) |
| Income tax | Flat 30% until 182 days in a year, then 0% to 30%; EPF pension 2% + 2% is mandatory since October 2025 |
| Health cover | Work-injury and invalidity cover via SOCSO (by law); no public health cover; employers add private insurance |
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.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong presence across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The bank provides retail, private, commercial, and corporate banking, wealth management, and financial-market services. Its Wealth and Retail Banking business supports affluent and high-net-worth clients through investment, lending, insurance, and digital banking solutions. Standard Chartered continues to invest heavily in technology, data, cybersecurity, and digital platforms to improve customer experiences and modernize banking operations. The group is known for its international network, multicultural workforce, and focus on responsible, sustainable finance. In Malaysia, it operates banking and technology functions from locations including Kuala Lumpur, offering opportunities in engineering, operations, risk, finance, customer service, and relationship management.