Overview
WHO WE ARE:
As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
Senior Software Engineer — Java & APIs – Channels (VP)
Why Join
Imagine being part of a team that builds innovative digital solutions for one of Asia’s leading banks. As a Senior Software Engineer at OCBC, you’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects that transform the way we deliver financial services. You’ll be part of a collaborative team that values creativity, innovation, and continuous learning.
How you succeed
To succeed in this role, you’ll need to be passionate about software development and committed to delivering high-quality solutions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements, design and develop software applications, and ensure seamless integration with existing systems. Your ability to collaborate, innovate, and adapt to changing requirements will be key to your success. This is a hands-on engineering role. Technical leads are welcome, provided they remain actively involved in implementation, automated testing, debugging and production support.
What you do
– Design, develop, and test backend services and REST APIs for wealth management and private banking applications using Java and Spring Boot
– Contribute to AI adoption initiatives and the design and development of AI-native applications using approved tools and APIs
– Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements and develop solutions that meet their needs
– Work with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration with existing systems
– Participate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of the overall code quality
– Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues in a timely and efficient manner
Who you are
– A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
– At least 5 years of hands-on software development experience, preferably in a banking or financial services environment
– Experience designing and developing Java microservices and RESTful APIs using Spring Boot
– Experience with Apache Kafka for event-driven integration and stream or message processing
– Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL
– Hands-on experience with Java 21 or Java 25
– Experience integrating enterprise systems using messaging APIs such as JMS and protocols such as SMTP and LDAP
– Experience with MyBatis and Hibernate
– Experience with AI-assisted software development using tools such as Devin, Cursor, Codex or Antigravity, including reviewing, testing and validating generated code
– Strong hands-on experience applying design patterns, exception handling, resource and transaction management, API security and performance optimization to build reliable services
– Experience writing automated unit and integration tests and diagnosing production issues using logs, metrics and traces
– Experience deploying applications on OpenShift and using DevOps/CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket and Ansible
– Experience with application performance monitoring (APM) tools and Kibana for monitoring, log analysis and production troubleshooting
– Experience with Agile development methodologies and version control systems such as Git
– Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex technical issues and develop creative solutions
– Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
Desirable experience
– Advantageous (optional): Experience integrating and optimizing GenAI development environments, including Model Context Protocol (MCP), skills, token usage and knowledge-base management
– Advantageous (optional): Experience building GenAI-native applications using APIs and services such as the OpenAI API and Amazon Bedrock
– Advantageous (optional): Experience with React
– Advantageous (optional): Experience with micro-frontend development using qiankun
– Advantageous (optional): Experience with Material UI (MUI)
– Advantageous (optional): Experience building Spring Batch applications
What we offer:
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
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About OCBC
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.
OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services.
OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang.
OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals.
OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
