HSBC

Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

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1 day ago
Pune, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own solution architecture for resilient, scalable, observable, and secure data pipelines and microservices.
  • Define modernization roadmaps covering re-platforming, refactoring, and microservices decomposition with minimal live-service disruption.
  • Establish engineering standards for API design, event-driven integration, data modeling, testing strategy, CI/CD, and operational readiness.
  • Architect, design, and build core services using Java, Spring Boot, JPA, and PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
  • Deliver real-time processing implementations using Apache Flink and/or Apache Beam where appropriate.
  • Partner with engineers on code reviews, pair debugging, performance tuning, and production incident resolution.
  • Own GCP operational excellence across monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, reliability improvements, and cost optimization.
  • Manage technical debt, communicate architecture decisions to senior stakeholders, and coach engineers across levels.

Requirements

  • Substantial software engineering experience designing and delivering distributed systems and data-intensive applications.
  • Recent hands-on Java engineering expertise with Spring Boot, REST services, and event-driven services.
  • Proven system-design experience with microservices, asynchronous messaging, idempotency, consistency models, caching, rate limiting, and failure handling.
  • Strong SQL skills, including performance tuning, and experience with ORM frameworks such as JPA and Hibernate.
  • Experience delivering cloud-native solutions on GCP or an equivalent cloud platform.
  • Ability to troubleshoot across application, data, infrastructure, and performance layers and prevent recurring incidents.
  • Strong communication skills for connecting architecture decisions with business priorities and operational constraints.
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers to improve engineering quality, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements and opportunities for professional development and career growth.
  • Inclusive and diverse workplace with equal-opportunity employment practices.

Tech Stack

Apache BeamApache FlinkGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPostgreSQLSpring BootSQL

Categories

BackendData Engineering
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About HSBC

10,000+ employees

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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