Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

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If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

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

Business:CTO Platforms

Principal responsibilities

• Front to back ownership of delivery of a product (from requirement to production)
• Provides value during production incidents even for things that they haven't necessarily been involved in coding
• Subject Matter Expertise in an area such as: devops, security, accessibility, agile, production governance etc
• Ability to break down a programme of work into manageable deliveries
• Hands-on Java, Database & Linux design and development experience and ideally a Java SME, especially in Database design and tuning area.
• Strong analytical skills, able to understand the key business pain points, guide the development team to come up effective technical solution
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to explain technical options, provide professional recommendations and facilitate decision making
• Have experience in micro service design and implementation
• Have experience in Cloud related design and implementtation
• Results-oriented; takes responsibility and gets the job done
• Self-driven; can work without close supervision
• Fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese, English speaking, reading and writing skill
• Experienced to provide L3 support to address any overnight batch jobs related issue for critical business processes
• Has a technical vision and can define a strategy of how to change a product to reach the vision
• Ability to step into the Production Support Management (PSM) role
• Helps remove impediments to team's productivity
• Builds trusted relationships with the business and has a good appreciation of the business domain they work in

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years relevant working experience in Java, Node.js, Database, Linux and open source Frameworks.
• Proficient with micro service architecture, live-live design, spring cloud solution, API gateway/authentication.
• Proficient with Java and server-side web or cloud based development, using Java EE, Spring (Batch, Integration, MVC), Spring-Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Mybatis
• Proficient with automation CI/CD tooling, Jenkins pipeline, Building tool Maven/Gradle/NPM, Repository Nexus, Deployment tool G3/ansible
• Proficient with database / data driven web or cloud based applications. Key technologies: SQL (Oracle/Postgrel), other lightweight DB such as H2 for testing.
• Knowledge and experience in new Java technologies, JavaRX, Vert.x, Netty/webflux.
• Knowledge and experience in non-SQL databases, such as MongoDB, Redis, InfluxDB.
• Knowledge and experience in Agility developing methods, such as Scrum, Kanban.
• Windows, DOS scripting or Linus shell script
• Development experience with OO design and design patterns. Ability to develop in all tiers of the application (presentation, business and database)
• Experience in Database design and Oracle/SQL performance tuning/Optimization
• Familiar with or able to rapidly adapt to HSBC organizational policies, practices and standards
• Proactive and willing to learn new technologies, e.g. big data, Cloud
• Knowledge and experience in micro services
• Develops talent within the team and helps create opportunities for junior team members
• Ability to build a case explaining benefits to address technical debt / platform improvement
• Chairs retros across different teams
• Communicate clearly with others - summarise ideas without getting lost in detail

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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