Associate Director, Software Engineering

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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: IWPB Technology

Principal responsibilities

• Review and analyse end-to-end solution design for CBDoC and CBET, identifying gaps, risks, and opportunities for improvement.
• Partner with Core Banking Architecture and engineering stakeholders to shape technical direction, standards, and roadmap.
• Drive continuous improvement across performance, resilience, security, and operability (including monitoring and support readiness).
• Lead the team in adopting modern technologies and AI-assisted engineering practices to improve delivery efficiency and solution quality.
• Provide technical guidance and coaching to engineers, supporting consistent engineering practices and high-quality outcomes.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience delivering AI-enabled or data-driven engineering solutions (e.g., GenAI use cases, intelligent automation, or applied ML in engineering workflows).
• Strong technical background across modern platform stacks, such as Java, cloud, big data, and event-driven architecture.
• Solid understanding of banking domain concepts, with the ability to translate business needs into robust technology solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience working across global teams.

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 Xi'an Branch*