Associate Director, Software Engineering

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others. If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Business

CIB - MSS Job ID: 61735 Principal responsibilities:

• Design, implement and deploy enhancements to HSBC’s electronic trading platform within timeline and with high quality
• Take ownership, support and optimize what you and your colleagues have designed and developed
• Collaborate with software engineers in other time zones
• Reduce toil, tech debt and repetitive tasks by automation Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications:
• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems
• Java proficiency required, including concurrency, tuning, and memory management
• Good command of Linux/UNIX command line interface
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, and self-motivated
• Solid on OOAD, experienced on Test-Driven Development is must
• Good command in spoken and written English as working language What additional skills will be good to have?
• Using agentic AI for software maintenance
• Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron
• Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection)

Working-knowledge of CI/CD techniques Job Board Tags

• /WX /51 /LP 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. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role. Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.
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