Associate Director, Software Engineering

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HSBC is one of the banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Principal responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-quality software solutions that meet business requirements.

• Mentor and guide a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

• Accountable for projects delivery, maintenance and support of in-house built and vendor built applications and systems.

• Provide outstanding technical expertise, knowledge and ability with the capacity for original thinking in development and coding for an end-to-end solutions.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product management, operations, and business stakeholders, to define project scope and deliverables.

• Partner with global engineering subject matter experts to align and agree on the technical implementation with good command of English oral and written skill.

• Ensure adherence to best practices in software development, including coding standards, testing, and documentation.

• Drive actively for adoption of automation in the direction of DevSecOps implementation in uplifting the overall engineering capability.

• Work closely with business and IT teams on various projects and support item.

• End to end accountability for each delivery, identifying and developing the most appropriate Technology solutions to meet customer needs as part of the Customer Journey.

• Ensure service resilience, service sustainability and recovery time objectives are met.

• Sensitive to the industry uplift of technologies, tools and practices and their business trends.

Requirements

• University graduate with a degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline with 15+ years of relevant experience.

• At least 15+ years’ Experience on banking / finance system service, and at least 8 years working in Micro-Services/API development and Web-based application and should be as subject matter expert level.

• Hand-on full stack experience in RESTful API Java Development, and HTML,ReactJS/AngularJS Development, and wider technologies (eg. SpringBoot, AWS, Kong Gateway, Docker, Mongo DB, Pipeline).

• Exposure to monitoring tools (Splunk, AppDynamics, Prometheus or similar) and fault tolerance tools like Hystrix.

• Familiar with Oracle, Mongo, PostgreSQL, IKP, Zookeeper, MQ, etc.

• Familiar with security application design, development and integration is must, like https, cert pinning, encryption and decryption and data protection.

• Good command of overall application design with related certification is preferable (eg. TOGAF).

• Outstanding sense and skillset for trouble shooting under pressure and demanding situation.

• Being diversity and inclusive, willing to work within colleague with different cultures across the globe.

• Skilled in vendor engagement.

• Working experience in Agile methodology/SAFe.

• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

• Self-motivated, positive, and flexible with the ability to work independently and as part of a global team.

Candidate with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated above.

(Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation need will be prioritised.)

(The chosen candidate for this role will be required to undergo enhanced vetting. Subject to local laws, this will require the individual to satisfactorily pass a series of additional checks as part of the recruitment process and on an ongoing basis, if appointed to the role. HSBC Group reserves its position with regard to any steps which it may take in relation to any material adverse findings which arise either when the checks are originally completed, and/or if relevant, on an ongoing basis. For more information about the enhanced vetting for this role please contact the recruiter for this role.)

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