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 Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Business: Asia Technology

Principal responsibilities

  • Provide extensive experience in designing and developing of significant applications with considerable experience in leadership.
  • Continuously contribute to code and review other's code for best practice.
  • Write and own standards, define product change strategies and to reach identified visions.
  • Ensure service resilience, service sustainability and recovery time objectives are met for all the software solutions delivered
  • Responsible for automating the continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline within a DevOps product/service team
  • Provide Subject Matter Expertise in an area such as: devOps, security, accessibility, agile, production governance etc
  • Create and contribute to solutions designs and make judgement calls about adoption of tech debt.
  • Own delivery of a product (from requirement to production).
  • Provide value during production incidents even for things that they have not necessarily been involved in coding and Chair retros across different teams.
  • Break down a programme of work into manageable deliveries and step into the Production Support Management (PSM) role.
  • Build trusted relationships with the business and maintain a good appreciation of the business domain they work in.
  • Communicate clearly, acting as liaison between engineering teams and senior management, translating technical details into business strategies.
  • Develop business cases benefits of addressing technical debt / platform improvement.
  • Promote continuous improvement for self and team.
  • Remove impediments to team's productivity and direct collaboration with Product Owners without the involvement of intermediary roles such as architects, technical leads, business analysts, scrum master and project managers.
Requirements
  • 10+ years technology experience, with “Hands on” engineering background with experience in an individual contributor engineering role
  • People manager and broad experience in managing teams of different work streams
  • Strong leadership skills, team-builder and influencer
  • Understanding of banking / HSBC and understanding of how change drives benefits for HSBC, its customers and other stakeholders
  • Experience in working Agile environment with a strong focus on developing engineering solutions
  • Proven ability to drive developer productivity improvement – through automation and advanced technical skills
  • Proven track record in effective stakeholder management. Strong customer focus and effective in managing business relationships
  • Ability to think laterally and innovatively and find creative solutions, with a proactive approach to problem solving and delivery
  • Ability to understand business issues and devise solutions that deliver results, constructing fresh approaches where appropriate and making connections to other issues
  • Great attention to detail and an ability to identify and manage risk
  • Strong management of Operational, Financial crime and Cyber Risk

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 Xian Branch***