HSBC Group

Business: Wholesale Technology

Open Positions: 1

Recruiter Name: Amber Zhu

Location: XA

Why join us?

We are seeking a seasoned Lead Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will design and build internal platforms and automation that power modern application delivery at scale. You will take a hands-on leadership role, partnering with development, operations, and product teams to improve how we build, release, and operate software.

You’ll bring deep technical experience across full-stack development and DevOps, with a strong background in cloud-native infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes) and automation tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible. This role also has a future-facing component — exploring how technologies like AI/LLMs can elevate developer experience and operational insight.

What you’ll do:

• Architect and deliver platform solutions that support CI/CD, release orchestration, configuration management, and environment automation.
• Lead the development of internal tools using Python (backend) and React/TypeScript (frontend), and other necessary languages.
• Implement scalable DevOps solutions using GCP, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Work closely with application teams to identify pain points and build reusable platform capabilities.
• Contribute to the long-term platform roadmap, guiding decisions on architecture, tooling, and best practices.
• Mentor engineers and set engineering standards for platform reliability, scalability, and usability.
• Stay current with industry trends and drive innovation — especially in applying AI to developer platforms and DevOps workflows.

• 15+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent in DevOps, infrastructure, or platform engineering roles.
• Proven experience designing and building internal platforms, developer tooling, or CI/CD pipelines at scale.
• Strong programming skills in Python, with hands-on experience in building modern web applications using React/TypeScript.
• Expertise in cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and related ecosystems.
• Excellent English communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable leading cross-functional technical discussions and mentoring other engineers.

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Experience integrating AI/LLM capabilities into internal tooling.
• Contributions to open-source projects in the platform or DevOps space.
• Prior experience in highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare) is a plus.

Link to Candidate User Guide:

https://hsbchrdirect.service-now.com/esc?id=kb_article&table=kb_knowledge&sysparm_article=KB0184596&sys_kb_id=712b5f041b1f82908d3a0fe7ec4bcbd6&searchTerm=IJP

You’ll achieve more at 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 Xian Branch***