Avaloq Engineering Lead

HSBC Service Delivery Sp. z o.o.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Multisport card

Remote work opportunities

Flexible working hours

Job summary

HSBC Service Delivery Polska Sp. z o.o. in Kraków is seeking a seasoned Avaloq Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end Avaloq delivery for the Private Banking platform.

You will lead global engineering teams and report to the Head of Engineering, Banking Platform. The ideal candidate has deep Avaloq expertise, strong Agile/DevOps background, hands-on PL/SQL and Unix experience, and a proven leadership track. You will mentor engineers, manage risks, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver

Qualifications

• Deep expertise across Avaloq, Agile delivery, DevOps practices, and team leadership.
• Hands-on engineering mindset: work with Avaloq platform details and contribute to architecture.
• Solid scripting with PL/SQL; familiarity with Unix and deployment automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead Avaloq deliveries for stream and oversee end-to-end development lifecycle.
• Ensure code quality, documentation and compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure end-to-end delivery using Agile and DevOps.
• Support recruitment, talent management and governance within the team.
• Partner with Head of Engineering to implement robust workforce strategy.
• Identify risks and ensure proper controls and governance.
• Drive automation strategy with Test Manager.
• Promote Agile maturity and measure release frequency and quality.

Skills

Avaloq

Agile delivery

DevOps

Team leadership

PL/SQL

Unix

Control-M

English

Tools

Control-M

Job description

Avaloq Engineering Lead

Miejsce pracy: Kraków

Technologies we use

Expected

• SQL

About the project

HSBC is a global banking and financial services organisation operating in 64 countries and territories. We help businesses grow, economies prosper, and people realise their ambitions.

Our private banking business uses Avaloq, a leading end-to-end wealth management and banking platform supporting client management, investments, trading, lending, payments, risk, compliance, and back-office operations.

We’re looking for a seasoned Technology Leader with a strong development background to lead engineering teams and deliver end-to-end outcomes across their domain. The Engineering Lead will provide leadership to global engineering teams, build the required capability and report directly to the Head of Engineering, Banking Platform.

Your responsibilities

• Lead Avaloq deliveries for stream and oversee end to end Avaloq development life cycle including Design, development, testing and deployment.
• Ensure code quality, documentation and compliance with development standards, best practices and quality guidelines.
• Work with stakeholders and other technology functions to ensure that end-to-end delivery of Projects, Minor Enhancements, RTB backlog are addressed using Agile and DevOps methodology.
• Support in Recruitment, Talent Management, Retention, Risk Control, Governance and local administration.
• Partner with Head of Engineering Banking Platform to ensure that there a robust location strategy for Avaloq workforce & build the capability according to the strategy.
• Be responsible for identifying risks and threats and deficiencies with deployed key controls. Ensures that risk, control and governance are adhered to by the team, mandatory trainings are conducted and attended by team members.
• Help drive the automation strategy with Test manager.
• Ensure that the team matures in Agile practices and collects necessary metrics to demonstrate the high level of release frequency, high quality standards and low production incidents trends.

Our requirements

• Deep expertise across Avaloq, Agile delivery, DevOps practices, and team leadership to drive outcomes at pace.
• Strong understanding of the Private Banking domain and the functions you’ll support (e.g., finance, trade, client reporting, cash management, risk).
• A hands-on engineering mindset: able to get into the detail of the Avaloq platform (implementation, interfaces, EOD, deployment automation) and contribute to high-level architecture and system design to ensure satellite interfaces are built optimally.
• Solid capability in scripting languages such as PL/SQL. Working knowledge of Unix and Control-M.
• A system engineering background with the ability to assess options and recommend the best solution against business requirements.
• Demonstrated delivery experience: shipping sustainable change that measurably improves business effectiveness, aligned to an approved book of work.
• Clear, confident communication (written and verbal) in English, with a track record of influencing across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to build strong internal and external networks, enabling collaboration and creating opportunities for others to succeed. Proven ability to guide stakeholders through complex technical decisions, even with ambiguity - considering long-term risk and escalating to senior architects when appropriate.

What we offer

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards
• Multisport card
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN)
• Cafeteria platform
• Employee assistance program
• Additional contributions to PPK scheme
• Corporate parties & events
• CSR initiatives
• Nursery discounts
• Financial support with trainings and education
• Social fund
• Flexible working hours
• Free parking

Benefits

• sharing the costs of sports activities
• private medical care
• sharing the costs of professional training & courses
• life insurance
• remote work opportunities
• flexible working time
• integration events
• corporate sports team
• retirement pension plan
• corporate library
• no dress code
• coffee / tea
• parking space for employees
• leisure zone
• extra social benefits
• employee referral program
• opportunity to obtain permits and licenses
• charity initiatives
• family picnics
• extra leave
• In-office gym

Recruitment stages

• Online assessment
• Phone interview
• Job interview
• Welcome to HSBC!

HSBC Service Delivery (Polska) Sp. z o.o.

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. Our global businesses serve more than 40 million customers worldwide through a network that covers 63 countries and territories.

HSBC Service Delivery (Polska) Sp. z o.o. is HSBC's global finance, operations, risk and technology centre. We use our unique expertise and capabilities to provide specialised services – our people range from technologists transforming the banking experience to operations professionals managing 1.7 trillion payments a year.

Our Purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. We are bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.