-The role is responsible for working across the Technology delivery lifecycle including inception, construction, testing, release and ongoing management of a product or service in a pod within a Technology team.

-They will be required to continually enhance their skills within a number of specialisms which include front end, development, security, testing, and operational support.

-Provide support across the end-to-end delivery and run lifecycle, utilising their skills and expertise to carry out software development, testing and operational support activities with the ability to move between these according to demand

-End-to-end accountability for a product or service, identifying and developing the most appropriate Technology solutions to meet customer needs as part of the Customer Journey

-Liaise with other engineers, architects and business stakeholders to understand and drive the product or service's direction

-Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimize variation and ensure predictable high quality code and data

-Create technical test plans and records, including unit and integration tests, within automated test environments to ensure code quality

-Provide support to DevOps teams working at all stages of a product or service release/change with a strong customer focus and end-to-end journeys, ensuring they have an excellent domain knowledge

-Working with Ops, Dev and Test Engineers to ensure operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues, etc.) are identified and addressed at all stages of a product or service release/change

-Provide support in identification and resolution of all incidents associated with the IT service, as directed by leadership of the DevOps team

-Ensure service resilience, service sustainability and recovery time objectives are met for all the software solutions delivered

-Responsible for automating the continuous integration/continuous delivery pipeline within a DevOps Product/Service team driving a culture of continuous improvement

-Keep up-to-date and have expertise on current tools, technologies and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to aspects like data privacy, consent, data residency etc. that are applicable

-Demonstrable entrepreneurial spirit

A change driver and fast leaner.

-A university graduate. Graduates from an international top university highly preferred, MS or PhD preferred.

-Full stack software engineering capability including front-end, middleware, backend is a must.

-Knowledge of “Talk is cheap. Show me the code” --- Linus Torvalds (2000) Hands-on engineering capabilities in state-of-the-art technologies is a must.

-Proven contribution to international academic and industrial communities and/or open source communities will be a huge advantage.

-Business knowledge in financial services industry (retail, wholesale and investment banking, wealth management, insurance, financial markets, etc.) is preferred.

-Capability of reading newest academic and research papers in the areas of banking, financial services and technologies is a must.

-Strong analytical, design and problem solving skills

excellent team player with ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision

-We value intellectually curious, creative people who enjoy solving challenging, interesting problems and building breakthrough products with growth mind-set.

-Strong communication skill in both verbal and written form

capability of delivering effective presentation to teammates and external and internal stakeholders.

-Commitment to assigned task, attention to details and willing to dedicate efforts.

-Experience of working in a DevOps focused environment and working in an Agile Team. Flexible and adaptable in accommodating change of requirement and willing to take new responsibilities when necessary.

-Be able to work across multiple domains of knowledge and skills, and share knowledge across the team. We like people who dig down, understand concepts in detail.

-Knowledge of architecture disciplines and the ability put the governance into practice, knowledge of industry standards will be an advantage.

Leadership & Teamwork

-Contributing to the broader HSBC Ventures agenda including industry knowledge, thought leadership, mentoring across the team and supporting other practice areas where relevant.

-Be an essential part of a high performing team: developing talent, track record of followership, making tough decisions, bringing together cross functional teams to achieve ambitious outcomes, fostering a culture of inclusivity and achievement.

-Experience coaching and mentoring technology talent.

Functional/Technical Knowledge

-Possess a proven track record of driving strategic transformation initiatives, effectively translating strategy into actionable plans and ensuring successful implementation and adoption.

-Strong solutions architecture and engineering hands-on experience with complex enterprise solutions.

-Over 6-month project experience on Large Language Modelling (e.g. GPT / Llama / Bard) Transformation.

-Good understanding of design on micro-service and containerization.

-Strong experience delivering scalable solutions in finance industry area.

-Familiar with cloud platforms, including auto-scaling and global deployments of application architecture, with actual project experience on at least 1 cloud platform (including AWS, GCP, Azure and Ali Cloud).

-Familiar with over 2 programming language, like Java/Python/Golang/Node.js and relevant Design Patterns and databases including relational DB and NOSQL DB.

-Capability of using and extending common open frameworks (e.g. Spring, Tensor Flow, Ethereum, etc.)

-Capability to build up and setup PoC Environment rapidly with Cloud, Container, etc.

-Over 5-8 years’ experience after university bachelor degree

Other

-Principles of Lean Startup Methodology and a VC-style portfolio management

able to imbed those into HSBC’s Agile methodology. Critical is the ability to evolve new or start-up propositions to at least stage A or B.

-Ecosystem knowledge and connectivity including incubators, accelerators, VCs and startups.

-Hands on delivery of digital products in a large enterprise.