Senior Engineering Lead, Java / Microservices / GCP, Senior Associate Director

About the role

Technology team at HSBC drives resilient, cloud‑native data platforms and microservices. The Senior Engineering Lead sets technical direction, architects high‑performance pipelines, and hands‑on builds Java/Spring Boot services while mentoring engineers. Based in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on‑site work model with occasional remote flexibility.

What you’ll do

• Lead end‑to‑end design and delivery of cloud‑native data platforms
• Own solution architecture for high‑performance pipelines and microservices
• Establish engineering standards for APIs, event‑driven integration, and CI/CD
• Hands‑on development of core services using Java, Spring Boot, and PostgreSQL
• Drive engineering delivery on GCP services like Dataflow, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, and GKE
• Coach and mentor engineers, fostering a culture of craftsmanship

What you’ll bring

• 15+ years software engineering
• Strong Java and Spring Boot experience
• Design and delivery of distributed systems
• Cloud‑native solutions on GCP
• Microservices architecture
• Data‑intensive application development

Skills