Engineering tech lead/ Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

HSBC; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India is seeking an Engineering Tech Lead/Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist in Hyderabad. Lead the design and engineering of customer-centric software, drive technical standards, and oversee data infrastructure across large applications.

You will mentor teams, ensure security and resilient services, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to deliver high-quality code with measurable impact.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Java and Cloud Technologies and related products.
• Experience in Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes & Docker, MongoDB, SQL, Micro Service Design, Kafka, GCP.
• Experience on design and implement DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting middleware/database design, build, and troubleshooting in development and production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and engineer software with the customer/user experience as a key objective.
• Contribute to Technology Engineering Practice with SME knowledge and best practices.
• Deliver and support data infrastructure to optimise storage and consumption in large applications.
• Design and develop applications for internal and external users focusing on frontend usability.
• Engineer and implement security measures for internal/external systems and services.
• Mentor and develop team members and remove roadblocks to improve capacity.

Skills

Java

Cloud Technologies

CI/CD

Agile & DevOps

Team Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

MongoDB

SQL

Microservice Design

Kafka

GCP

SpringBoot

Job description

Engineering tech lead/ Senior Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist

Location: Hyderabad, TG, IN, 500032

Brand: HSBC

Area of Interest: Technology

Role Workstyle: Hybrid Worker

Date: 4 Sept 2026

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.

Position title – Senior Associate Director Specialist Engineering

In this role, you will

• Design and engineer software with the customer/user experience as a key objective.
• Actively contributes to Technology Engineering Practice by sharing Subject Matter Expertise from their area of specialism, best practice and learnings.
• Drives adherence to all standards and policies within their area of Technology Engineering
• Delivery and support of data related infrastructure and architecture to optimise data storage and consumption across the bank, including addressing functional and non-functional requirements relevant to data in large applications
• Design and develop applications for internal and external users focussing on the interface and front-end usability of the application.
• Engineer and implement security measures for the protection of internal and external systems, networks, products and services.
• Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimize variation and ensure predictable high quality code and data
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
• Promote empowerment of the team, ensure that each team member is fully engaged in the project and making a meaningful contribution, and encourage a sustainable pace with high levels of quality for the team.
• Managing stakeholder communications and helping to implement an effective system of project governance

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

• Knowledge of Java and Cloud Technologies and related products
• Experience in Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes & Docker, MongoDB, SQL, Micro Service Design, Kafka, GCP
• Experience on design and implement DevOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) Pipeline.
• Experience supporting middleware / database design, build and troubleshooting in development and production environments.
• Experience of working with monitoring and alerting tools such as but not limited to AppDynamics, Splunk, Geneos and IBM Tivoli Monitoring.
• Experience in agile and DevOps environment using team collaboration tools such as Jenkins, Github, Confluence and JIRA.
• Working with Ops, Dev and Test Engineers to ensure operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues, etc.) are identified and addressed at all stages of a product or service release / change.
• Provide support in identification and resolution of all incidents associated with the IT service, as directed by leadership of the DevOps team,
• Ensure service resilience, service sustainability and recovery time objectives are met for all the software solutions delivered.
• Keep up to date and have expertise on current tools, technologies and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to aspects like data privacy, consent, data residency etc. that are applicable
• Technical leadership of large team of developers and help development of team capabilities. Work with senior business stakeholders
• Having knowledge of GRC domain will be an advantage e.g. designed system which does Risks and Control assessments. Knowledge on Products such as Open Pages, Archer, Metrix streams , Service now IRM will be good to have

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India