Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Banks and Broker Dealers Chief Engineer.

 

Business: Markets & Sec Services Tech

 

Principal responsibilities

  • Evangelize and influence engineering best practices within BBD and with the wider engineering community
  • Own and evolve the strategy of the Practice Family within BBD
  • Own the governance around standards and tooling across BBD
  • Collaborate with Platform Leads to define missing standards
  • Support the Platform Leads to drive standards and tools across engineering pods
  • Align approaches with the other Engineering Practices within the organisation
  • Define metrics and monitor efficiencies of the BBD Family initiatives
  • Help address skill gaps in engineering pods by providing upskilling / training opportunities
  • Support the Platform Leads to identify solutions to engineering gaps / challenges
  • Facilitate development of cross-functional capabilities to address common gaps / challenges
  • Help remove blockers on adoption of Engineering initiatives
  • Evangelize good solutions achieved within platforms / pods with the wider engineering community
  • Promote the culture of We build and we maintain
  • Promote re-use rather than re-invent

Requirements

 

Communication & Leadership

  • Takes accountability and responsibility without the need to defer to an Architect or "the process"
  • Can communicate with code
  • Values team success over individual success
  • Continuously strives to improves themselves and their team
  • Communicates ideas succinctly with the ability to communicate the technical big picture vision, strategy, and direction
  • Spreads awareness between various levels of structure via effective communication and collaboration

 

Requirements

  • Able to work under their own initiative
  • Able to provide direction for others when appropriate
  • A clear communicator with natural conversationalist
  • Able to translate tech talk for a non tech audience
  • Able to encourage participation and grow / lead discussions
  • Has had experience of presenting to medium / large audiences (50+)
  • Able to facilitate collaboration between stakeholders
  • Able to listen and evaluate input from a diverse source and identify appropriate next steps

 

Technical Skill

  • Is tech-forward in thinking, actively researching new ideas / processes and is the driving force to adopt them
  • Is a generalist with the breadth and depth of experience in CICD best practices and has core experience in one of the following areas: Software Development.
  • Secure coding / SDLC / API development / clean code management) Testing (ie. TDD / BDD / Automated testing / Contract testing / API testing) Site Reliability Engineering

 

Release engineering / Observability / Risk management

  • Can apply their thinking to many problems across multiple technical domains
  • Demonstrates mastery of their technical discipline
  • Contributes to architectural discussions by asking the right questions to ensure a solution matches the business needs

 

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

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