Associate Director, Software Engineering

Associate Director, Software Engineering

Location:

Guangzhou, GD, CN, 510620

Brand: HSBC

Area of Interest: Technology

Closing Date: Hybrid Worker

Date: 28 Oct 2026

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

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

Business: CIB - MSS

Job ID: 61735

Principal responsibilities:

• Design, implement and deploy enhancements to HSBC’s electronic trading platform within timeline and with high quality
• Take ownership, support and optimize what you and your colleagues have designed and developed
• Collaborate with software engineers in other time zones
• Reduce toil, tech debt and repetitive tasks by automation

Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems
• Java proficiency required, including concurrency, tuning, and memory management
• Good command of Linux/UNIX command line interface
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills, and self-motivated
• Solid on OOAD, experienced on Test-Driven Development is must
• Good command in spoken and written English as working language

What additional skills will be good to have?

• Using agentic AI for software maintenance
• Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron
• Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection)
• Working-knowledge of CI/CD techniques

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You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited