Job description
Some careers shine brighter than others.
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of a Senior Architect.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Design and define the architectural roadmap for the Digital Business Banking platform, ensuring scalability, security, and high performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and stakeholders, to align architecture with business goals.
• Advocate and implement microservices-based architecture leveraging Java and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Actively participate in coding, design reviews, and solution implementation for critical components.
• Build and maintain highly efficient, reusable, and reliable code in Java with strong adherence to coding standards.
• Drive the implementation of DevOps practices across teams, ensuring efficient CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with operations teams to build, deploy, and manage infrastructure as code using modern DevOps tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Establish robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms to ensure platform reliability.
• Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging GCP services such as GKE, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, and Pub/Sub.
• Guide teams in adopting GCP best practices for deployment, cost optimization, and security.
• Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantages.
• Provide technical guidance, mentorship, and thought leadership to engineering teams.
• Ensure comprehensive testing strategies are integrated into the development lifecycle.
• Promote secure coding practices and ensure compliance with banking security standards.
• Act as the technical point of contact for stakeholders, clearly communicating architecture decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations.
• Drive collaboration across distributed teams in agile environments.
Requirements
Requirements/Key Skills:
• Proficiency in Java (11+) and Spring Boot, with a strong understanding of backend development.
• Hands-on experience with microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Good understanding of client-side scripting and JavaScript frameworks like react .
• Expertise in building CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab, or Azure DevOps.
• Hands-on knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Proven experience designing and deploying applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with GCP services such as GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, and BigQuery.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions, make architectural decisions, and mentor teams.
• Experience in defining and implementing architectural standards, coding guidelines, and best practices.
• Experience in digital banking, payments, or financial services domains is a plus.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance and security standards in banking.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.
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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India