Associate Director, Software Engineering

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

Business:CTO Platforms

Req ID: 39155

Principal responsibilities

• Work with PO when required and ensure the requirement is fully understood and able to break down the requirement to small deliverable items.
• Analyse platform process requirement, design and build robust, scalable micro-services applications with high observability and supportability, under DevOps and Agile principle
• Take ownership of assigned tasks and deliver them as per agreed time-line
• Provide timely production support, perform root cause analysis for incidents and implement long-term fixes.
• Provide professional consultancy and support timely for users' queries or requests.
• Maintain close communication with other IT teams and coordinate IT related stakeholder activities.
• Manage the technical debt proactively and ensure the security and vulnerability be handled well.
• Provide technical guidance to junior developers and promote high-performing team culture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science or related discipline
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership or technical lead role focusing on DevOps, Platform Engineering or SRE areas.
• Ability to program (structured and OOP) using one or more high-level languages, such as Java, JavaScript, Python, and Clojure.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana and InfluxDB, familiarity with time-series databases and data visualization concepts
• Proactive approach to identifying problems, performance bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
• Managing critical production incidents
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and proactively drive self-development and knowledge sharing within the team

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems and networking fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with KVM/VMware virtualization.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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