Description
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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering.
As a key member of our Technology department, you will be responsible for leading the development of a platform for Document Intelligence to enable enterprise AI use cases. This will involve designing and implementing scalable solutions to support AI services, workflows, and platform capabilities end-to-end.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building a platform for Document Intelligence to enable enterprise AI use cases, delivering standardised, robust, and scalable solutions that meet growing business demand.
- Designing and implementing scalable solutions to support AI services, workflows, and platform capabilities end-to-end.
- Owning architecture and technical governance by conducting design/architecture reviews and enforcing engineering standards, coding practices, documentation, and quality assurance.
- Leading the team with hands-on engineering experience to focus on API development, unit/integration testing, defect resolution, and partnering with QA on test cases and test data preparation.
- Collaborating with stakeholders across systems (upstream/downstream) to define requirements and design effective, well-governed API interfaces.
- Strengthening DevOps and engineering processes to improve delivery and support efficiency while ensuring adherence to established standards.
- Deploying and scaling on cloud platforms by leveraging GCP and Kubernetes to manage applications effectively in enterprise environments.
- Ensuring reliability, performance, and compliance through monitoring, load/performance testing, optimisation, and incident response to maintain low latency, high throughput, and stable operations (including onsite/offsite production support).
Requirements include:
- A university degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
- 10+ years of IT experience (preferably in enterprise application or platform development) with 6+ years' hands-on proficiency in Java and Python for backend and platform engineering.
- 5+ years IT lead experience on in-house solution.
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, micro-frontend architecture, and LLM new solutions a strong advantage.
- Experienced in leveraging coding assistants (e.g., AI pair-programming tools) to accelerate software development, enhance code quality, and support engineering best practices.
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.