Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

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

Principal Responsibilities

• Front to back ownership of delivery of a product (from requirement to production)
• Provides value during production incidents even for things that they haven't necessarily been involved in coding
• Subject Matter Expertise in an area such as: devops, security, accessibility, agile, production governance etc
• Ability to break down a programme of work into manageable deliveries
• Hands-on Java, Database & Linux design and development experience and ideally a Java SME, especially in Database design and tuning area
• Strong analytical skills, able to understand the key business pain points, guide the development team to come up effective technical solution
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to explain technical options, provide professional recommendations and facilitate decision making
• Have experience in micro service design and implementation
• Have experience in Cloud related design and implementation
• Results-oriented; takes responsibility and gets the job done
• Self-driven; can work without close supervision
• Fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese, English speaking, reading and writing skill
• Experienced to provide L3 support to address any overnight batch jobs related issue for critical business processes
• Has a technical vision and can define a strategy of how to change a product to reach the vision
• Ability to step into the Production Support Management (PSM) role
• Helps remove impediments to team's productivity
• Builds trusted relationships with the business and has a good appreciation of the business domain they work in

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years relevant working experience in Java, Node.js, Database, Linux and open source Frameworks
• Proficient with micro service architecture, live-live design, spring cloud solution, API gateway/authentication
• Proficient with Java and server-side web or cloud based development, using Java EE, Spring (Batch, Integration, MVC), Spring-Boot, Hibernate/JPA, Mybatis
• Proficient with automation CI/CD tooling, Jenkins pipeline, Building tool Maven/Gradle/NPM, Repository Nexus, Deployment tool G3/ansible
• Proficient with database / data driven web or cloud based applications. Key technologies: SQL (Oracle/Postgrel), other lightweight DB such as H2 for testing
• Knowledge and experience in new Java technologies, JavaRX, Vert.x, Netty/webflux
• Knowledge and experience in non-SQL databases, such as MongoDB, Redis, InfluxDB
• Knowledge and experience in Agility developing methods, such as Scrum, Kanban
• Windows, DOS scripting or Linus shell script
• Development experience with OO design and design patterns. Ability to develop in all tiers of the application (presentation, business and database)
• Experience in Database design and Oracle/SQL performance tuning/Optimization
• Familiar with or able to rapidly adapt to HSBC organisational policies, practices and standards
• Proactive and willing to learn new technologies, e.g. big data, Cloud
• Knowledge and experience in micro services
• Develops talent within the team and helps create opportunities for junior team members
• Ability to build a case explaining benefits to address technical debt / platform improvement
• Chairs retros across different teams
• Communicate clearly with others - summarise ideas without getting lost in detail