Consultant Specialist

Some careers have more impact than others.

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 Consultant Specialist.

Business: Chief Commercial Officer Tech

Principal responsibilities

• Architect, design, and evolve Spring Boot microservices and APIs (REST and event-driven) ensuring resilience, security, and performance.
• Define and implement patterns (idempotency, circuit breaking, back pressure, graceful degradation) and uphold technical quality standards.
• Guide development of internal front-end tooling (dashboards, consoles) ensuring accessible, maintainable, and performant interfaces.
• Lead optimisation of observability (metrics taxonomy, structured logging, distributed tracing) and incident reduction initiatives.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, pair programming, documentation standards, and technical coaching.
• Influence backlog prioritisation with data-driven input on reliability, latency, capacity, and operational efficiency improvements.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for building modular microservices.
• Fluent spoken and written English with clear technical communication.
• Practical experience with Linux command line for build, troubleshooting, and runtime operations.
• Knowledge of API design (REST principles, payload modelling, versioning) and integration patterns.
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes) plus CI/CD tooling.
• Ability to write clean, testable code and apply structured problem solving in production scenarios.        

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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