Staff Engineer / Associate Director, Software Engineering

HSBC; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Software Development India in Pune invites an experienced Associate Director, Software Engineering to lead design, development and delivery of microservices using .NET/C# and Python. You will own features end-to-end, drive automated testing, CI/CD practices, and production support in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes AI/GenAI integration across the SDLC, ensuring resilience, observability and scalable architecture while mentoring peers and shaping reusable patterns.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on development with C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, DI, EF Core).
• Experience designing microservices with domain boundaries and API design.
• CI/CD, code reviews, automated testing, and engineering hygiene.
• Observability: logging, metrics, tracing and dashboards.
• Containerisation and deployment concepts (Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift).
• Experience applying LLMs/GenAI in engineering workflows with measurable gains.
• Awareness of AI risks and mitigations; bias, leakage and hallucinations.
• Strong problem-solving and delivery focus.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support microservices using .NET (C#) and Python.
• Own features end-to-end from requirements to production support.
• Write high-quality automated tests across unit/integration/contract levels.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, security and operations to deliver fast.
• Prototype AI-assisted solutions and evaluate outcomes for scalability.
• Coach peers and contribute reusable components, templates and guidelines.

Skills

C#/.NET

ASP.NET Core

Web APIs

EF Core

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

GenAI integration

CI/CD

Observability

Problem-solving

Tools

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

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 Associate Director, Software Engineering

In this role, you will:

• Design, develop, test, and support microservices using .NET (C#) and Python, applying clean architecture and SOLID principles.
• Own features end-to-end: requirements clarification, estimation, development, code review, CI/CD, deployment, and production support.
• Write high-quality automated tests (unit/integration/contract), and contribute to non-functional requirements (NFRs) including resilience, scalability, and observability.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, platform, security, and operations to deliver outcomes at pace
• Identify and drive AI opportunities across the SDLC (e.g., test generation, refactoring assistance, defect triage, knowledge management, runbook improvements) and/or product capabilities (e.g., intelligent search, classification, summarisation) where suitable.
• Prototype AI-assisted solutions, evaluate outcomes (accuracy, cost, latency), and recommend scalable approaches.
• Coach peers on effective, safe usage patterns and contribute reusable components, templates, and guidelines.

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

• Strong hands-on development experience with C#/.NET (ASP.NET Core, Web APIs, dependency injection, EF Core or similar).
• Microservices fundamentals: domain boundaries, versioning, backward compatibility, API design, and asynchronous patterns (queues/events).
• CI/CD and engineering hygiene: Git, branching strategy, code reviews, build pipelines, automated testing.
• Observability and runtime support: structured logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, alerting (tooling varies by platform).
• Good understanding of containerisation and deployment concepts (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift - whichever applies in your stack).
• Experience applyingLLMs / GenAIin engineering workflows (e.g., accelerating development, test strategy, documentation) with measurable improvements.
• Awareness of AI risks (hallucination, data leakage, bias) and practical mitigations.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a bias for delivery ("get it done" without cutting corners).

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India