Software Engineering Manager

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 Software Engineering Manager.

  Business: Markets & Sec Services Tech

 

Principal responsibilities

·  Manage all the pods in Rapid Execution Platform to ensure a high quality standard of deliverables.
·  Support and provide continuous improvements to both our tactical solution platform as well as a platform we built that facilitates citizen development.
·  Ensure governance process executed to enable due considerations for all application onboarding onto the platform.
·  Follow Traded Risk future state architecture to replacing existing legacy tactical application.
·  Improve the technical practices amongst the teams
·  Improve agile development practices amongst the teams
·  Ensure department Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are met
·  Work with the local teams to foster global collaboration
·  Ensure technical standards and principals are adhered to during software development
·  Ensuring an open diverse environment for the teams to build software
·  Mentor and provide guidance to the teams for building technical competent solutions.
·  Managing staff based on objectives and behavior standards
·  Leading & inspiring the team to achieve and exceed their goals
·  Talent identification and management
·  Identification and assessment of risk
·  Financial control and P&L management to meet targets
·  Stakeholder management
·  Managing third party vendors
·  Ensure best DevOps practices are adhered to
·  Foster innovation amongst the teams

Requirements

Financial:

·  Manage team delivery to an agreed budget, based on agile principals
·  Work closely with Technical Product Manager to plan the growth of the teams 

Customer:

·  Initiate, develop, and maintain relationships with various business and internal IT partners.
·  Build trust and confidence with the stakeholders through quality deliverables.

Process:

·  Review and drive improvements in policies, practices and procedures on an ongoing basis with the view to creating an environment of continuous improvement.
·  Work with the business and transformation teams to ensure resource planning and budgets are met 

People:

·  Establish a high performance culture by leading through example, underpinned by creating an environment for teams to be successful.
·  Performance Management against objectives and behavior standards, Career Planning and Development of team members
·  Resource management – includes recruitment activities and contract management to provide optimal delivery within budget.
·  Identify and manage any key person risks

Risk/compliance/behaviours:

·  Ensure decisions are based on commercial acumen and risk.
·  Align and comply with appropriate process, policies and procedures.
·  Qualifications
·  Qualification in Information Technology
·  Experience in Software Development and managing development teams.
·  Proven experience in financial planning and management including budgeting for the team with different business units.
·  Demonstrated success using Agile software development methods and practices
·  Knowledge and experience in all phases of the software development lifecycle
·  Experience and passion for people development
·  Ability to manage multiple challenging stakeholders globally with conflicting priorities.
·  A focus on the basic tenets of sound technical design and a desire to embed architectural rigor in the teams
·  Excellent communication skills
·  Fluent English speaker

Desired experience:

·  Knowledge of Financial Risk management in banking or financial industry
·  Knowledge specific to the Traded Risk domain.
·  Knowledge of HSBC policies, processes and procedures is an advantage
·  Essential technical skills/certs
·  Java, Unix Scripting, Python, Django/FastAPI, Observability tools (Grafana)
·  Agile Methods and Practices
·  Databases (Relational Databases and NoSQL Databases)
·  Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

 

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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