API Standards Lead — Drive Global API Delivery

HSBC; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

HSBC in the UK is seeking a Technical Lead – API to join the CTO Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team. You will lead across a new product that inventories APIs, checks compliance with HSBC API standards, and delivers compliant designs to support delivery.

You’ll guide implementation from inception to release, collaborate with cross‑functional teams globally, and drive data‑driven improvements while shaping API strategy for the bank.

Qualifications

• Hands-on software development experience across multiple languages and frameworks.
• Strong fundamentals: design patterns, data structures, algorithms, and architecture.
• Experience applying AI to software development to improve delivery at scale.
• Proven leadership and product/project management capabilities.
• Experience working in a global organisation with distributed teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Be a proactive, collaborative member of the Standards and Controls leadership team.
• Act as a key technical leader, overseeing delivery from inception to completion.
• Shape and refine HSBC API standards, gathering customer feedback and iterating.
• Explore AI opportunities integrated into standards assessments.
• Lead product planning and prioritisation aligned to future API standards and tooling.
• Align and communicate roadmaps with customers at the centre of change.
• Champion data and metrics to understand and improve customer outcomes.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams; ensure best practices and continuous learning.

Skills

Leadership

Product management

Analytical thinking

AI in development

Distributed teams

Collaboration

Job description

HSBC in the UK is seeking a Technical Lead – API to join the CTO Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team. You will lead across a new product that inventories APIs, checks compliance with HSBC API standards, and delivers compliant designs to support delivery.

You’ll guide implementation from inception to release, collaborate with cross‑functional teams globally, and drive data‑driven improvements while shaping API strategy for the bank.