Lead Engineer

HSBC Global Services Limited; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join HSBC as a Lead Engineer in Sheffield, driving technology delivery for UK Domestic Payments applications. You will design and develop payment solutions using best-in-class technologies and work collaboratively with our technology teams. This role offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for professional development in an inclusive environment.

Benefits

Private healthcare for all employees

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong experience in architectural artifacts and back-end application development.
• Development skills in Java, C/C++, and Python needed.
• Knowledge of infrastructure, microservices, and DevOps principles required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze project requirements and develop payment applications.
• Support legacy applications and standards compliance.
• Coordinate with stakeholders and guide towards future state architecture.

Skills

Architectural design

Application security

Microservices

Distributed system design

DevOps principles

Tools

Java

C/C++

Python

Spring Boot

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub

Linux OS

AppDynamics

OpenTelemetry

Job description

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Lead Engineer

Join a digital-first bank that’s powered by people.

Our technology team builds innovative digital solutions rapidly and at scale to deliver the next generation of banking services for our customers around the world.

You’ll be helping us be digital-first when developing new products and services, as well as enhancing existing ones by providing software development and support to each of our Global Businesses and Global Functions.

Using best-in-class technologies, you'll deliver end-to-end execution of all technology services consumed across the HSBC landscape, including change programmes and applications in production.

The principal responsibility of the Lead Engineer role is to serve as an expert in the technology delivery area and support Domestic and Emerging Payments (DOME) for the UK. The role holder will work on UK Domestic Payments applications mainly covering Pay UK schemes (Faster Payments, BACS, Cash, and Cheques).

The purpose of the role is to support legacy payments applications and deliver payments technology strategy and payments future state of architecture (FSA). The role will be based in Sheffield and the candidate will report to the Head of Technology for Domestic Payments UK.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role, you will:

1. Work with architecture and application teams to analyze UK Domestic Payments project requirements.
2. Participate in the design and development of the DOME UK applications using the HSBC framework.
3. Ensure design and development align with HSBC standards and architecture.
4. Support payment applications, working with colleagues 24x5 plus Saturday mornings.
5. Follow internal DevOps principles.
6. Coordinate with stakeholders.
7. Support the Head of DOME UK Technology by providing guidance, consultancy, and driving towards the future state architecture for the Global Payments Solution (GPS) business.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Strong experience in designing architectural artifacts such as gap analysis, low-level designs, data models, etc.
• Background in back-end application development, application security, and authentication development, including Spring Boot, cache, and middleware.
• Development experience with Java, C/C++, Python, Windows, and knowledge of certificates and HSMs, as well as GitHub.
• Solid knowledge of infrastructure components like Linux OS, networking, storage, load balancers, etc.
• Expertise in distributed system design, microservices, and Spring Boot.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, Jaeger, Kiali, and OpenTelemetry.

This role is based in Sheffield.

At HSBC, we are committed to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces, valuing different points of view. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and will offer interviews to candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the role's minimum criteria.

If you need accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk.