Associate Director, Software Engineering

Job description

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: Cross Product Tech

 

Principal responsibilities

·  Deliver code to production as part of the team.
·  Act as a technical lead and mentor of more junior developers.
·  Propose solutions to difficult problems.

Requirements

·  People & Team Leadership: Manage and mentor development teams, fostering a high-performance culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
·  Project & Delivery Management: Own the planning, execution, and delivery of key initiatives across FX and Sales platforms, ensuring on-time delivery and alignment with business goals.
·  Domain Expertise: Leverage strong understanding of FX products, front-office sales workflows, and financial market infrastructure to guide technical decisions and product development.
·  Platform Ownership: Drive the technical roadmap and evolution of trading and sales platforms, working closely with architecture, product, and business stakeholders.
·  Stakeholder Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders across product, trading, sales, and compliance. Proactively manage expectations, communication, and alignment.
·  Agile & DevOps Practices: Champion agile delivery frameworks and DevOps principles, promoting best practices in CI/CD, testing, and production deployment.
·  Rich experience in software engineering and technology leadership, including team management and delivery ownership.
·  Strong hands-on background in modern technologies such as Java, React, and HTML, with the ability to engage technically when needed.
·  Deep knowledge of FX trading, sales workflows, and the related regulatory and operational landscape.
·  Demonstrated success managing project delivery and cross-team dependencies in a complex organizational setup.
·  Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, fluent in English (written and verbal).
·  Proven ability to lead teams through change, scale platforms, and deliver complex initiatives in a dynamic environment.

 

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.

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***Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited***