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

Business: IWPB Technology

Principal responsibilities

• Develop and implement Browser foundation engineering solutions in alignment with leadership vision
• Work with technical engineering teams from other technology platforms to collaborate on deliveries.
• Build roadmap for evaluation of platform as a product.
• Lead team to set up and configure applications cloud hosted environments (IaaS), services (PaaS), via automation and using the AWS Portal and Infrastructure as code (Terraform).
• Provide process improvement recommendations based on best practices and industry standards
• Resolves conflicts by demonstrating leadership and appropriate decision-making competencies •
• Is responsible for complex technical management coordination with multiple engineering teams across the platforms.
• Is responsible for the development of standards and processes for operations that proactively prevent problems from occurring
• Create and maintain environment, release and support strategy for platform.
• Ensure technical changes are documented, comply with standard configurations, and are sustainable.
• Lead creation of Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery and deployment pipelines to be consumed by cross-functional teams for deployment of application to content management platform.
• Bring automation in Infrastructure configuration, environment setup, release management and support capabilities using CICD pipelines.
• Be an advocate of a DevOps culture
• Deliver against the priority of the requirements coming from Product Managers for enhancements to the digital experience platforms.
• Work with Architects and engineering squads under browser foundation to ensure that product requirements are understood, engineering deliveries meets the expectation.
• Engage with teams supporting IT infrastructure, other platforms, network, and other support services
• Innovate and make creative recommendations following the most recent technology industry trends.
• Design, develop, automate, and maintain tools using an automate-first mindset to improve the quality and repeatability of software and infrastructure configuration development and deployment.
• Setup/manage automated infrastructure creation/deployment in AWS.
• Be able to demonstrate you can lead, motivate, mentor and coach the teams
• Work in an agile environment that iterates and releases quickly
• Deliver fair outcomes for our customers and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets

• Experience in Application Development or Platform Engineering or Cloud infrastructure management.
• High level understanding in the areas of web application programming, content management systems, and system design. Strong hands on experience on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM 6.1 and 6.5) running on-premises and on Cloud
• Possesses expert technical understanding of the intersection of development and operations (DevOps), monitoring and management tools, and deployment processes and tools
• Solid understanding of DevOps concepts, DevOPs tooling, CI/CD, Pipelines, Build/Release process, Infrastructure as Code etc.
• Solid conceptual understanding of AWS Cloud services.
• Understands various aspects of application development, tools, and languages
• Experience In one of the programming languages e.g. Java, Python, Nodejs, etc
• Experienced with DevOPs Transformation and application migration to cloud platform.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, relationship building skills, and ability to achieve results without direct reporting relationships
• AWS professional certification is preferred.
• Organisational and leadership abilities with excellent communication skills.
• A passion for automation and benchmarks high engineering standards. 
• Experience in Continuous Delivery practices and how they affect product quality and delivery
• Problem-solving aptitude and Creative thinking skillset.
• Good knowledge of software design patterns and software architecture principles
• Knowledge of agile project management framework with cross functional teams, using Jira and Confluence
• Experience in providing thought leadership, and driving a complex change agenda, and an ability to challenge the “status quo”

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About HSBC Technology China

We develop, implement and support software and IT services and processes that allow HSBC to remain at the forefront of high-quality banking systems.

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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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Candidate with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated above.

Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation need will be prioritised.

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