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

MSS 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

Equities Technology solves some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the financial industry to help our global business and its customers succeed. Shipping code early and often using Agile and DevOps principles is critical for us to deliver business value, with continuous improvement and learning at the center of everything we do.

We are motivated by challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation, in an open, inclusive, and diverse environment. We are looking for the brightest and best developers to take our capability forward.

The Structured Products Technology team runs the pricing & order management stack covering pre-trade client RFQs, retail market distribution, life cycle management and secondary markets.

 

We’re looking for a senior full stack engineer with deep Java expertise, strong engineering fundamentals, and a passion for solving real-time trading problems at scale. You’ll play a key role in the design and build-out of strategic OMS and pricing platforms, with direct exposure to trading desks, sales, and business stakeholders.

This is a high-impact engineering position with a path toward technical leadership in the region. If you’re excited by ownership, performance engineering, and financial systems that power real-world trading activity, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Do

  • Architect and build components for our next-gen Order Management and Pricing Platform, supporting pre-trade to post-trade workflows.
  • Own features end-to-end across Java back end, Scala front end, pricing services, and lifecycle automation.
  • Engage directly with Sales and Trading teams to understand needs and rapidly deliver solutions.
  • Lead by example in design, development, testing, and DevOps, driving automation and CI/CD adoption.
  • Contribute to technical decision-making in a global agile team spanning multiple time zones.
  • Help migrate legacy tooling (VBA/C#) to a strategic Java platform.
  • Participate in production support rota (Level 1/Level 0), focusing on stability and continuous improvement.
Requirements

What You Bring

  • Expert-level Java development experience, especially in complex, distributed, and performance-sensitive systems.
  • Hands-on experience with concurrent programming, low-latency processing, and high-throughput architectures.
  • Strong understanding of software engineering principles, SDLC, and DevOps best practices.
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills; able to adapt messaging for both technical and business audiences.
  • Experience in financial services or trading platforms is a strong plus.

 Nice to Have

  • Familiarity with C#, VBA, or legacy systems migration.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP or AWS).
  • Background in equity derivatives or structured products.

 Why Join Us? 

  • Work on high-visibility projects directly tied to revenue and trading.
  • Join a progressive, collaborative tech culture where engineering drives the business.
  • Enjoy competitive compensation and the opportunity to make a real impact.
  • Advance your career into regional technical leadership as you demonstrate ownership and delivery.

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. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, national origin, ethnicity, disability or medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran service, religion, creed, sex, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, caregiver status, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other trait protected by applicable law.