# Technical Specialist (Java, Microservices) / Associate Director, Software Engineering

**Company**: HSBC
**Location**: Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Bangalore, Karnataka, India
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

**Apply**: https://portal.careers.hsbc.com/careers/job/563774610662228
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_f7aeee90-9b7

## Description

Join HSBC and help you stand out in your career. We offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. As an Associate Director, Software Engineering, you will lead the development and implementation of Microservices-based solutions using Java. You will also architect and design scalable, distributed systems with high availability, collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions, ensure code quality through best practices, code reviews, and automated testing, mentor and guide team members in technical aspects and career growth, troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues in production environments, stay updated with emerging technologies and recommend their adoption, navigate a dynamic ecosystem to deliver change effectively, demonstrating initiative, self-motivation, and drive, and exhibit tenacity and determination to clarify business requirements and deliver solutions in occasionally challenging circumstances.

To be successful in this role, you should have strong proficiency in Java (Java 21 preferred), hands-on experience with Microservices architecture and frameworks (e.g., Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), expertise in RESTful APIs, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, Hazelcast), and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), solid understanding of cloud platforms (e.g., Kubernetes platform, GCP and AWS), hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices, knowledge of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL), payment's domain experience and clearing scheme experience, excellent problem-solving and communication skills, hands-on experience in both SDLC and Agile methodologies, familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk), and certifications in Java or cloud technologies are a plus.

## Skills

### Required
- Java
- Microservices architecture
- Spring Boot
- Spring Cloud
- RESTful APIs
- Kafka
- Hazelcast
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- CI/CD pipelines
- DevOps practices
- database technologies
- SQL
- NoSQL
- payment's domain experience
- clearing scheme experience