HSBC

Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering (Group AI Platform SME)

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6 days ago
Shenzhen, ChinaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own and deliver complex engineering problems across AI gateway, security guardrail, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic platform domains.
  • Design and implement production-grade Go services with emphasis on concurrency, latency, throughput, fault tolerance, and maintainability.
  • Make technical decisions involving service boundaries, interface design, failure handling, observability, rollout safety, and long-term operability.
  • Drive engineering quality through code reviews, automated testing, performance validation, secure software design, and technical documentation.
  • Convert loosely defined requirements and emerging platform needs into clear designs, delivery slices, and durable technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with principal and peer engineers to refine designs and improve platform architecture and execution.
  • Raise engineering standards through technical depth, consistent delivery, practical mentoring, design reviews, technical standards, and shared frameworks.

Requirements

  • Experience designing or operating gateway platforms, service control planes, or API mediation layers in complex enterprise environments.
  • Familiarity with AI security controls including policy enforcement, access control, auditability, model governance, and runtime guardrails.
  • Practical understanding of retrieval-augmented generation architectures, including ingestion pipelines, embeddings, retrieval strategies, ranking, and answer-quality evaluation.
  • Experience with agentic systems or platforms for building, orchestrating, and governing production-ready AI agents.
  • Working knowledge of Go (Golang) and/or Python for platform tooling, integration, experimentation, or adjacent service development.
  • Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native production systems, including deployment patterns, networking, scaling, resilience, and operational troubleshooting.
  • Demonstrated ability to improve engineering organizations through design reviews, technical standards, shared frameworks, or peer capability development.

Benefits

  • Flexible working and opportunities for continuous professional development and career growth within an inclusive and diverse environment.
  • Candidates with immediate local work authorization and no relocation requirement will be prioritized.
  • Candidates with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated.
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About HSBC

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HSBC is a global bank that provides retail, commercial and investment banking, payments, and wealth management to individuals, SMEs, and multinationals. It earns fees, interest income, and trading revenues through branches and digital platforms across major markets. Headquartered in London, it serves over 40 million customers in 58 countries and is listed in London, Hong Kong, New York, and Bermuda.

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