Backend Engineering lead/Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

HSBC Holdings plc; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India is seeking an experienced Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist to own solution architecture for high-performance data pipelines and microservices.

You will drive modernization roadmaps and set standards for API design, testing, and operational readiness, while guiding teams across data-intensive platforms. The role requires 15+ years in software engineering, deep Java/Spring Boot expertise, and strong cloud-native delivery with GCP.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in software engineering with distributed systems and data-intensive apps.
• Strong hands-on Java experience with Spring Boot, REST/event-driven services, ORM (JPA/Hibernate), and SQL tuning.
• Proven system design skills including microservices, async messaging, idempotency, caching, and fault handling.
• Cloud-native delivery experience, preferably GCP (or equivalent).
• Clear communicator; align architecture with business priorities and constraints.
• Kubernetes deployment tooling (GKE, Helm) and CI/CD pipelines; observability with Prometheus and Grafana.
• Security practices in cloud/Kubernetes: secrets, IAM, network segmentation, secure SDLC.
• Frontend exposure appreciated: React, TypeScript.

Responsibilities

• Own solution architecture for high-performance data pipelines and microservices.
• Define modernization roadmaps and ensure minimal disruption to live services.
• Set engineering standards for API design, event-driven integration, testing strategy, CI/CD, and operations.
• Architect and build core services using Java/Spring Boot/JPA/SQL.
• Lead real-time processing using Flink/Beam where appropriate.
• Collaborate on code reviews, debugging, and production incidents.
• Build automation and tooling to improve engineering efficiency (Python where needed).
• Drive delivery on GCP: Dataflow, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, GCS, Airflow/Composer, GKE.
• Own production reliability: monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, cost optimization.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

JPA/Hibernate

SQL tuning

Distributed systems design

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Observability

Tools

GKE

Prometheus/Grafana

BigQuery

Dataflow

Airflow

Python scripting

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others.

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 simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

In This Role, You Will

• Own solution architecture for high-performance data pipelines and microservices, covering non-functional requirements (resilience, scalability, latency, observability, security).
• Define and drive modernization roadmaps (re-platform, refactor, microservices decomposition), ensuring minimal disruption to live services.
• Establish engineering standards for API design, event-driven integration, data modelling, testing strategy, CI/CD and operational readiness.Manage technical debt with clear prioritization and measurable outcomes.
• Architect, Design and build core services using Java (8+), Spring Boot 3, JPA, PostgreSQL (or any RDBMS ), and event streaming patterns.Lead real-time processing implementations using Apache Flink (and/or Apache Beam) where appropriate.
• Partners with engineers in code reviews, pair debugging, performance tuning, and production incident resolution.
• Build automation for engineering efficiency (scripting, tooling, testing), leveraging Python where needed.
• Drive engineering delivery on GCP: Dataflow, Pub/Sub, GCS, Composer/Airflow, BigQuery (and/or ClickHouse), and GKE.
• Own operational excellence for production workloads: monitoring, alerting, capacity planning, reliability improvements and cost optimization.

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

• 15+ years in software engineering, including significant experience designing and delivering distributed systems and data-intensive applications.
• Strong hands-on Java experience (recent and demonstrable) with Spring Boot, REST/event-driven services, ORM (JPA/Hibernate), and SQL performance tuning.
• Proven system design skills: microservices patterns, async messaging, idempotency, consistency models, caching, rate limiting, and failure handling.
• Solid experience delivering cloud-native solutions, preferably GCP (or equivalent cloud with ability to translate).
• Clear communicator; able to align architecture decisions with business priorities and operational constraints.
• Kubernetes and deployment tooling: GKE, Helm, CI/CD pipelines.Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver/Cloud Monitoring, distributed tracing.
• Security practices in cloud/Kubernetes: secrets management, IAM, network segmentation, secure SDLC.
• Front-end exposure (helpful, not essential): React, TypeScript.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India