Associate Director, Software Engineering (AI Platform Infrastructure)

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering (AI Platform Infrastructure).

Business: CTO Platforms

Location: Shenzhen / Guangzhou

Principal responsibilities

Cloud, DevOps, and automation

• Design and operate resilient, compliant multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, GCP and Alibaba Cloud.
• Containerize and deploy services on Kubernetes; design Helm charts and GitOps workflows.
• Implement infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines for automated build, test, deploy, and rollback.
• Set up observability, autoscaling, and cost optimization.

Full-stack application development

• Develop backend services in Python, Java or Go.
• Build secure, scalable microservices and event-driven components; integrate with internal and third-party systems.
• Implement frontend/admin tooling for configuration, monitoring, and governance of AI prompt systems.

AI/LLM experience

• AI search and retrieval: semantic/vector search, hybrid search, and ranking.
• LLMs and prompt engineering/orchestration using LangChain or similar.
• RAG pipelines, embeddings, and vector databases.
• Open-source LLMs and serving stacks (e.g., Llama, Mistral, Qwen; vLLM, TGI, Ollama) alongside hosted services (e.g., Azure OpenAI, Bedrock).
• Agent frameworks and tool-use (agentic workflows)"     

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Strong knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Java.
• Proven experience in AI and machine learning, preferably in the banking or financial services industry.
• Experience with natural language processing (NLP) technologies, including LangChain.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions to complex challenges.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.  

***Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited***