Job description
Our purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. Here at HSBC, we use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open new kinds of opportunity for our more than 40 million customers. We’re bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.
In Canada, HSBC Global Services (Canada) Limited (HGCA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Global Services Limited. Operating in Toronto and Vancouver, HGCA is part of a global service company, delivering services to support the operating entities of HSBC Group. We have different capabilities that provide tools and processes to facilitate the functions, business and entities with their service management responsibilities.
About Us
MS Tech is a c.7,000-strong diverse, talented, and resilient engineering group that partners with our business and wider-bank colleagues to deliver industry-leading technology services. Our clients feel safe in the knowledge that, for us, production always comes first, anything less is failure. We constantly challenge boundaries, whilst engineering with safety and security. Continually building on our strongest assets - our people, maximizing our potential, continuously stretching what it means to be a high performing organization.
About the Role
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organization 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 realize their ambitions. We are currently seeking dynamic professionals to join our team in the role of Specialist Engineer. You will have an opportunity to solve the technology challenges of tomorrow, as you are flexible and like to learn something new every single day.
As our Full Stack Engineer you will:
- Be responsible to enhance and extend features of Summit HUB application
- While most of the work is on Summit Framework, C++ and python, the person is expected to be flexible w.r.t technology
- The role involves analysing BRDs and creating technical design document, create unit test cases, and perform unit tests
- The role requires active communication with IT, Business, and ITID stakeholders in Pune, London, Paris, Hong Kong, and Toronto
- The person is expected to be flexible in terms of project allocation, contribute to tooling and DevOps transformation of the application and actively provide cover and helping hands to the production support team in Toronto
What Your Day will Look Like
- Deal with business users and successfully eliciting detailed information from them under pressured circumstances
- A high degree of project responsibility. The ability to own projects and see it through from inception to close
Increase capability and knowledge of Finastra Summit and Markitwire - Responsible for change delivery by becoming the effective bridge between different IT Development, change management and business stakeholders
- Identifies problems and help implementing technical solutions to fix them
- Ability to understand challenges and deliver on the application upgrade
- Provide business and production support during AMER hours
- Should work within defined timelines and meet quality goals
- Understand user queries/issues, analyse it and provide resolution
- Collaborate with wider global teams and communicate seamlessly with IT and Business/Ops stakeholders
Requirements
You´ll likely have the following qualifications to succeed in this role:
· Essential Technical Skills:
- C++, Python, Oracle
- Good understanding of OOP
- XML Parsing
- Batch/Command Scripting, Batch Scheduling tool
- Rational RTC/Team collaboration system, IDE (MS Visual Studio)
- Thorough understanding of IT Development Lifecycle concepts
- JIRA, Jenkins, BMC Control-M, DevOps and Automation
Financial Domain & Soft Skills:
- Investment Banking OTC products
- Self-Starter, proactively work closely with global team members located across Paris, Hong Kong and India.
- Own up tasks and ensure delivery.
- Ability and prior experience in mentoring junior team mates on technical issues and deliveries.
Skills preferred, but not mandatory:
- Experience working in a distributed team setup
- Java, Rundeck
- Proactive learning approach
In compliance with applicable laws, HSBC is committed to employing only those who are authorized to work in Canada. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada as HSBC will not engage in immigration sponsorship for this position.
As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities to ensure you have the right skills for today and tomorrow. At HSBC, our overall goal is to provide a competitive Total Reward Package, with an appropriate mix of fixed pay, and variable pay, as part of an employee’s overall total compensation and benefits. Variable pay generally takes the form of discretionary, annual awards (sometimes referred to as a “bonus”). Additionally, HSBC offers a wide range of competitive and flexible benefits designed to help you improve your health and well-being, finances, and lifestyle.