Technical Lead - API

Archer; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare (UK)

Contributory pension

Job summary

HSBC in the United Kingdom is seeking a Technical Lead – API to join the CTO Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team. You will be the technical lead across a new product that inventories APIs, validates compliance against HSBC API standards, and provides compliant designs to support delivery.

You’ll also integrate, evolve and streamline the product’s applications into a coherent end-to-end user journey for our customers.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on software development across multiple languages/frameworks.
• Strong grounding in design patterns, data structures, algorithms and architecture.
• Experience applying AI to software development patterns and processes.
• Proven leadership skills guiding teams and enabling delivery.
• Product/project management capability including planning and resourcing.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex technical challenges.
• Experience in a control environment or with Technology controls.
• Experience working in a global organisation with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Be a proactive, collaborative and inquisitive leader in the Standards and Controls area.
• Act as a key technical lead, overseeing delivery from inception to completion.
• Shape and refine API standards, gathering feedback and iterating.
• Explore AI opportunities related to API standards and tooling.
• Lead product planning and prioritisation aligned to the future API vision.
• Align roadmaps with customers at the centre of change.
• Champion data and metrics to improve customer outcomes.
• Mentor development teams and ensure best practices and continuous learning.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Leadership

AI in software development

Product/project management

Analytical problem-solving

Distributed teams experience

Tech controls / governance

Job description

Archer is collaborating with HSBC to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are seeking a Technical Lead – API to join the newly formed CTO Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team.

You’ll be the technical lead across a new product that helps teams inventory their APIs, see compliance against HSBC API standards, and access compliant designs to support delivery. You’ll also integrate, evolve and streamline the product’s associated applications into a coherent end-to-end user journey for our customers.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll 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

• Be a proactive, collaborative and inquisitive member of the Standards and Controls leadership team


• Act as a key technical leader, overseeing delivery from inception to completion


• Shape and refine the bank’s API standards, gathering customer feedback and iterating


• Explore AI opportunities (e.g., AI review feedback integrated into standards assessments)


• Lead/facilitate product planning and prioritisation aligned to the future vision for API standards and tooling


• Align and communicate product roadmaps with customers at the centre of change


• Champion the use of data and metrics to understand and improve customer outcomes


• Provide guidance and mentorship to development teams; ensure best practices and continuous learning

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

• Extensive hands‑on software development experience across multiple languages/frameworks


• Strong grounding in software fundamentals: design patterns, data structures, algorithms, architecture


• Experience applying AI to software development patterns/processes to improve delivery at scale


• Proven leadership skills (guiding teams, creating a productive environment)


• Product/project management capability (planning, resourcing, delivery)


• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills for complex technical challenges


• Experience working in a control environment or with Technology controls


• Experience working in a global organisation with distributed teams and strong collaboration skills

Opening up a world of opportunity

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio‑economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via [e-mail]