HSBC Group

Business: Wealth & Personal Banking IT

Recruiter Name :  Alice Y S Liang

Location: Guangzhou / Xi'an

Why join us?

• The WPB Engineering Foundation team’s mission is to analyze societal, financial, and technological trends effecting economic activity and the financial services industry in particular and bring that knowledge into HSBC to create new digital opportunities that are aligned to business goals.
• WPB Engineering Foundation will partner with internal and external groups to develop propositions that have a substantial ‘outside in’ aspect such that HSBC establishes a significant external presence in domains like ecosystems and BaaS. WPB Engineering Foundation will be very active in the external innovation ecosystem, looking for tools, techniques, propositions, and partners that can be brought to bear within HSBC to augment our digital agenda. At the center of its services will be an ability to identify, incubate and accelerate new products and services; the team members will have a diverse background in design, strategy, technology, and products, combined with a knowledge of the external market. Its skillset will compliment those of internal staff and bring a more entrepreneurial approach: WPB Engineering Foundation will utilize the principles of Lean Startup Methodology and a venture capital-style portfolio management and will imbed those into HSBC’s Agile methodology.
• WPB Engineering Foundation will work closely with the other Innovation teams, especially Catalyst which can capitalize on its external ecosystem knowledge to add value to Catalyst’s projects. The skillsets are equivalent across WPB Engineering Foundation so its members can move across teams to load balance project needs or to offer career options to individuals. While WPB Engineering Foundation both provide external market knowledge, innovation expertise (e.g. lean methodology, design), specialized resources, access to world-class partners, and targeted funding, the primary difference between the two is that WPB Engineering Foundation focuses on scaling new propositions to stage A/B, while Catalyst focuses on internal HSBC digital innovation projects that need to scale further (i.e. Stage C/D). Both will use an incubator model, including leveraging innovation labs to perform experimentation.
• Success will be measured by generating new ideas that are developed quickly into prototypes and Minimum Viable Products. One global team will exist in Asia given the concentration of industry change, but will have an ability to deliver in other markets. WPB Engineering Foundation will focus on the product and service areas of highest interest to HSBC in terms of its digital strategy, primarily Banking as a Service and Ecosystems, to deliver high-value use digital products and service in use cases in high growth regions.
• Working closely with senior business management, the Software Engineering Manager will determine the best way to engage with the business delivery teams and develop the delivery mechanisms accordingly to achieve accelerated time to market and more compelling customer experiences.
• This is a business and partner facing role with broad technical skills, deep industry knowledge, and good business acumen. The engineer supports proposition teams in developing value propositions that align with our business strategies on digital transformation. The Software Engineering Manager is a subject matter expert in one or more categories that may include: cloud, web based technologies, data and analytical technologies, distributed systems, API’s. Engineers are expected to have strong sales skills and use proven consultative approaches to engage with businesses and partners and define their transformation journey along with steps to get there.
• We are looking for someone who can bring technical gravitas, thought leadership and a passion for technology. This is a unique opportunity for a senior technologist to help us build something that will directly accelerate the digital transformation of HSBC. The role will report into the WPB CHIEF ARCHITECT. Join a high performing team which focuses on delivery and digital transformation!

What you’ll do: 

• This role is responsible for working across the Technology delivery lifecycle including inception, construction, testing, release and ongoing management of a product or service in a pod within a Technology team.
• They will be required to continually enhance their skills within a number of specialisms which include front end, development, security, testing, and operational support.
• Provide support across the end-to-end delivery and run lifecycle, utilising their skills and expertise to carry out software development, testing and operational support activities with the ability to move between these according to demand
• End-to-end accountability for a product or service, identifying and developing the most appropriate Technology solutions to meet customer needs as part of the Customer Journey
• Liaise with other engineers, architects and business stakeholders to understand and drive the product or service's direction
• Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimize variation and ensure predictable high quality code and data
• Create technical test plans and records, including unit and integration tests, within automated test environments to ensure code quality
• Provide support to DevOps teams working at all stages of a product or service release/change with a strong customer focus and end-to-end journeys, ensuring they have an excellent domain knowledge
• Working with Ops, Dev and Test Engineers to ensure operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues, etc.) are identified and addressed at all stages of a product or service release/change
• Provide support in identification and resolution of all incidents associated with the IT service, as directed by leadership of the DevOps team
• 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 driving a culture of continuous improvement
• Keep up-to-date and have expertise on current tools, technologies and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to aspects like data privacy, consent, data residency etc. that are applicable

• Demonstrable entrepreneurial spirit; A change driver and fast leaner.
• A university graduate. Graduates from an international top university highly preferred, MS or PhD preferred.
• Full stack software engineering capability including front-end, middleware, backend is a must.
• Knowledge of “Talk is cheap. Show me the code” --- Linus Torvalds (2000) Hands-on engineering capabilities in state-of-the-art technologies is a must.
• Proven contribution to international academic and industrial communities and/or open source communities will be a huge advantage.
• Business knowledge in financial services industry (retail, wholesale and investment banking, wealth management, insurance, financial markets, etc.) is preferred.
• Capability of reading newest academic and research papers in the areas of banking, financial services and technologies is a must.
• Strong analytical, design and problem solving skills; excellent team player with ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
• We value intellectually curious, creative people who enjoy solving challenging, interesting problems and building breakthrough products with growth mind-set.
• Strong communication skill in both verbal and written form; capability of delivering effective presentation to teammates and external and internal stakeholders.
• Commitment to assigned task, attention to details and willing to dedicate efforts.
• Experience of working in a DevOps focused environment and working in an Agile Team. Flexible and adaptable in accommodating change of requirement and willing to take new responsibilities when necessary.
• Be able to work across multiple domains of knowledge and skills, and share knowledge across the team. We like people who dig down, understand concepts in detail.
• Knowledge of architecture disciplines and the ability put the governance into practice, knowledge of industry standards will be an advantage.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Contributing to the broader HSBC Ventures agenda including industry knowledge, thought leadership, mentoring across the team and supporting other practice areas where relevant.
• Be an essential part of a high performing team: developing talent, track record of followership, making tough decisions, bringing together cross functional teams to achieve ambitious outcomes, fostering a culture of inclusivity and achievement.
• Experience coaching and mentoring technology talent.

Functional/Technical Knowledge

• Possess a proven track record of implement strategic transformation initiatives, and ensuring successful implementation and adoption. 
• Strong solutions architecture and engineering hands-on experience with complex enterprise solutions.
• Over 6-month project experience on Large Language Modelling (e.g. GPT / Llama / Bard) Transformation.
• Good understanding of design on micro-service and containerization.
• Strong experience delivering scalable solutions in finance industry area.
• Familiar with cloud platforms, including auto-scaling and global deployments of application architecture, with actual project experience on at least 1 cloud platform (including AWS, GCP, Azure and Ali Cloud).
• Familiar with over 2 programming language, like Java/Python/Golang/Node.js and relevant Design Patterns and databases including relational DB and NOSQL DB.
• Capability of using and extending common open frameworks (e.g. Spring, Tensor Flow, Ethereum, etc.)
• Capability to build up and setup PoC Environment rapidly with Cloud, Container, etc.
• Over 5-8 years’ experience after university Master degree

Others

• Principles of Lean Startup Methodology and a VC-style portfolio management; able to imbed those into HSBC’s Agile methodology. Critical is the ability to evolve new or start-up propositions to at least stage A or B.
• Ecosystem knowledge and connectivity including incubators, accelerators, VCs and startups.
• Hands on delivery of digital products in a large enterprise.

Link to Candidate User Guide:

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You’ll achieve more at HSBC

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