# Associate Director, Software Engineering

**Company**: GCIO
**Location**: Xi'an, Shaanxi
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Principal responsibilities:

- Review and analyse end-to-end solution design for CBDoC and CBET, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

- Partner with Core Banking Architecture and engineering stakeholders to shape technical direction, standards, and roadmap.

- Drive continuous improvement across performance, resilience, security, and operability (including monitoring and support readiness).

- Lead the team in adopting modern technologies and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve delivery efficiency and solution quality.

- Provide technical guidance and coaching to engineers, supporting consistent engineering practices and high-quality outcomes.

Requirements:

- Hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled or data-driven engineering solutions (e.g., GenAI use cases, intelligent automation, or applied ML in engineering workflows).

- Strong technical background across modern platform stacks, such as Java, cloud, big data, and event-driven architecture.

- Solid understanding of banking domain concepts, with the ability to translate business needs into robust technology solutions.

- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working across global teams.

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.

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- cloud
- big data
- event-driven architecture
- AI-assisted engineering
- GenAI
- intelligent automation
- applied ML

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