Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering

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

Business: CTO Platforms

Principal responsibilities

• Own the full lifecycle architecture design, technical iteration, and capability planning of the enterprise Document Intelligence AI Platform, covering complex document parsing, layout restoration, key information extraction, semantic reasoning, and LLM-based document automation.
• Abstract and build generalized, reusable public AI components and standardized service modules to support diversified business requirements, improve overall R&D efficiency, and unify platform technical standards.
• Lead the design, optimization, and industrialization of LLM workflow and agentic workflow orchestration, including task decomposition, multi-step reasoning, tool calling, and automated business process arrangement.
• Drive end-to-end implementation of advanced Prompt Engineering, Few-shot/CoT prompting, RAG knowledge base system, and multi-agent collaboration mechanisms.
• Conduct AI web service coding, API integration, and system docking; build low-code AI application delivery capabilities for rapid business iteration.
• Establish complete AI Harness Engineering system, including model evaluation criteria, version management, gray release, performance tuning, cost control, and online stability governance.
• Continuously explore innovative AI technologies, complete POC verification, and iterate platform capabilities with long-term scalability and reusability as the core goal.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related field, with 8+ years of Python proficiency and solid experience in backend development, component encapsulation, and platform-level module design.
• 3+ years tech leadship experience over a team of 3+ members
• Rich practical experience in Prompt Engineering, structured prompting, agent/skills buildup and knowledge base construction.
• Solid research and practical experience in LLM workflow design and agentic workflow orchestration, capable of designing automated, executable AI task pipelines for complex business logic.
• Familiar with AI vibe coding and service development, able to independently complete AI service deployment and system integration.
• Mature AI harness engineering capabilities, able to build standardized evaluation, iteration, and release mechanisms for AI platform products.

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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