Python Engineer

Some careers shine brighter than others. 

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. 

Technology teams in the UK work closely with our global businesses to help design and build digital services that allow our millions of customers around the world, to bank quickly, simply and securely. They also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank. Our multi-disciplined teams include: DevOps Engineers, IT Architects, Front and Back End Developers, Infrastructure Specialists, Cyber Experts, as well as Project and Programme Managers.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

Our technology team in Sheffield work closely with HSBC’s global businesses to help design and build data platform on Cloud that house the financial data of millions of customers around the world, to our internal Finance and Risk to conduct analytic on managerial, financial and risk. We also run and manage our IT infrastructure, data centres and core banking systems that power the world’s leading international bank.

Cross Functions Common Components Team in Foundations Technology provides a common set of re-usable frameworks, code and services, which interact with both Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure platform, enabling Finance value streams to achieve their required business processing. The cloud-based solutions being delivered need to be highly scalable, reliable, resilient, and innovative, involving the highest standards of technical engineering combined with a quick time to market.

In this role you will:

• Design, develop and deploy services capable of meeting the anticipated load, performance, availability, security, and resilience requirements, with a focus on automation of build, testing and deployment process on all environments to minimize variation and ensure predictable high-quality code and data.
• Work within our Execution Management Services POD, building python-based execution frameworks on Google Cloud Platform. 
• Work closely with designers, developers, and architects to acquire knowledge of the system solution and the expected end to end usage pattern to ensure fast and accurate delivery of new functionality and improvements.
• Contribute to code and review other's code for best practice, ensuring compliance with all relevant controls and standards including relevant Service Management Standard.
• Provide appropriate communication, release documentation, knowledge sharing sessions and product demonstrations to our customers and stakeholders on product deliveries
• Provide leadership for team, component and production incidents reviews (PIR) and demonstrate desire to take ownership.
• Provide production troubleshooting support in the event of a production incident.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience of engineering Python based solutions and making Rest API calls.  
• Experience of Google Cloud Platform and interacting with Google API’s.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, think analytically, and communicate effectively.
• Experience of working in DevOps development teams delivering cloud service solutions.
• Experience of Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Linux Shell Scripts, CICD.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and an ability to interact professionally with an array of business users and technical teams.

This role is based in Sheffield and offers hybrid working.

Opening up a world of opportunity

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, 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:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500