Associate Director, Software Engineering

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

Principal responsibilities:

• Design and build a scalable and highly available booking platform
• Contribute and make strategic decisions that affect the design and architecture of this platform
• Work closely with the front-office trading and product teams to ensure fast and accurate delivery of new functionality and improvements
• Liaise with local compliance, NFR and other risk/control teams to ensure full compliance with the letter and spirit of all relevant regulatory guidelines and requirements
• Maintain continuous communication with the wider global team: collaborative development, reviews and strategic decision making
• Contribute and influence on the future state architecture
• Provide day-to-day support on Production as part of the DevOps team

Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications:

• Passionate about technology and look for opportunities to learn and bring new ideas to the team and even wider
• Able to and willing to take challenges
• Strong Agile/DevOps mindset and understanding of how it works
• Able to work independently with various stakeholders in global, including product owner/business, architects and upstream/downstream IT stakeholders
• Familiar with one of the Micro-service framework and architecture and open-sources technologies, such as Spring, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud
• Hands-on application design and development experience in Java and Linux-based, ideally having Cloud Platform experience but not mandatory
• Able to and willing to mentor new joiners and junior developers
• Ideally having Prime Broker business knowledge, but not mandatory

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC. 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.