Principal Engineer

Ready to set engineering excellence across analytics and common components?

Why HSBC

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Guided by our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity, our ambition is to become the world’s most trusted bank globally, putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

The Role

This role is the engineering excellence anchor across CTO Foundations within Analytics and Common Components. As Principal Engineer, you will shape technical strategy and set high standards for design and code across a portfolio of agile teams that support HSBC’s global businesses across all regions. The focus includes containerisation for multiple cloud deployments and an inner source pattern-based approach that improves consistency and reusability across domains including Risk and Finance. Success means shipping high quality software efficiently with automation built in from the start to reduce toil. You’ll influence senior stakeholders on technology direction while keeping delivery aligned to HSBC Technology’s strategic vision. The role stays hands-on with coding as a core part of how outcomes are achieved.

What you'll be doing

• Set engineering standards for design, code quality and delivery across Analytics and Common Components
• Shape and communicate technical strategy aligned to HSBC Technology’s strategic vision
• Build reusable patterns and services that support multiple value stream domains including Risk and Finance
• Embed containerised and microservice-based approaches for deployments across multiple cloud providers
• Deliver hands-on engineering across the stack with coding as a major part of the role
• Establish automation-first ways of working to reduce toil and improve delivery efficiency
• Champion DORA and other engineering metrics and strengthen KPIs over time
• Research new technology and processes then advance safe adoption within a controlled framework

What we're looking for

• Bring substantial hands-on software engineering experience with coding as a core part of the role
• Demonstrate deep expertise in one or more of Java Python or Go with Kubernetes and cloud
• Apply strong microservice design capability and practical experience with containerised solutions
• Show experience designing and running highly available systems at scale
• Demonstrate experience deploying solutions across different cloud providers in an agnostic way
• Translate business opportunities into technical solutions with a pragmatic approach to delivery and strategy
• Communicate technology direction clearly to senior stakeholders and influence decisions on delivery approach
• Use engineering metrics including DORA to evaluate performance and improve outcomes over time

Building reusable foundations at scale

This is a chance to shape how engineering is done across a foundational technology area that enables teams across regions and businesses. The work will raise consistency and reusability through patterns and services while improving quality and efficiency through automation and engineering discipline.

You’ll influence technology direction with senior stakeholders and stay close to the work through hands-on coding. If you want your designs and code to make the bank better faster and safer this role gives you the scope to do it.

This role is based in Sheffield, UK.

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com.