Data Engineering Lead (Hybrid)

We are seeking a Data Engineering Lead to join our Wholesale Data & Analytics team. Wholesale Data & Analytics is an initiative that is part of the Group Data Strategy to transform the way we govern, manage and use all our data to its full potential across HSBC.

In this role, you will technically lead the team and liaise with business stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are fully understood before commencing design and development. You will also be hands-on with coding and helping team members solve technical problems and provide technical SME knowledge and guidance.

Key responsibilities include:

• Understanding and designing applications and owning changes required to the application for new requirements
• Ensuring compliance with department standards
• Forward thinking for new technologies and required accessibility
• Guiding developers in implementing best-of-breed technical solutions based on agreed technical design
• Managing continual service improvement
• Leading from the front and demonstrating excellence in owning the end-to-end delivery of software

To be successful in this role, you should have the following skills:

• Experience implementing data processes for Data Warehouse and production systems
• Strong experience with Big Data technologies (e.g., Hadoop / Spark)
• Programming in modern languages (e.g., Scala and Python)
• Strong delivery engineering tooling: Git/GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, and JIRA for requirement/backlog management
• Strong understanding of software development methodologies (including Agile such as Scrum/Kanban) and modern engineering practices (CI/CD, automated testing)