Technical Lead / Engineering Lead / Lead Software Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare (UK)

Enhanced maternity/adoption pay

Contributory pension

Job summary

Archer, collaborating with HSBC, seeks a Technical Lead - API to lead the CTO Developer Platforms, Standards and Controls team in the UK. You’ll guide delivery across a new product that inventories APIs, assesses compliance with HSBC API standards, and provides compliant designs to support delivery.

You will mentor development teams, refine API standards, and explore AI opportunities to enhance delivery. The role focuses on end-to-end user journeys for 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/processes at scale.
• Proven leadership skills and ability to guide teams.
• Product/project management capability: planning, resourcing, delivery.
• Strong analytical skills 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 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 and tooling.
• Lead product planning and prioritisation aligned to future API standards vision.
• Align 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.

Skills

Hands-on software development

Software fundamentals

AI in software development

Leadership

Product/project management

Analytical problem solving

Controls/Technology controls

Global distributed teams

Job description

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

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