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Java Lead/Associate Director, Software Engineering

HSBCmulti, Telangana, IndiaPosted 19 May 2026

HSBC is seeking an experienced Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead technical delivery and engineering culture. The role involves overseeing event-driven architectures, platform reliability, and modernizing engineering practices using Java and cloud-native tools. You will guide teams, drive incident response, and integrate AI into engineering workflows. The position requires a proven track record of 15+ years in engineering and 6+ years in leadership.

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Experience

15+ years

Function

Engineering

Work mode

Onsite, India

Company

Tier 2

What you will work on

HSBC is seeking an experienced Associate Director of Software Engineering to lead technical delivery and engineering culture. The role involves overseeing event-driven architectures, platform reliability, and modernizing engineering practices using Java and cloud-native tools. You will guide teams, drive incident response, and integrate AI into engineering workflows. The position requires a proven track record of 15+ years in engineering and 6+ years in leadership.

TAL's take

Quality 75/1005/5 clarityTier 2 company

Senior director-level leadership role at a global tier-2 financial institution requiring extensive experience.

The JD provides a highly granular breakdown of technical requirements, specific architectural focus, and leadership expectations.

Salaries at HSBC

18.4 LPA average

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Must haves

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • 6+ years in people and delivery leadership
  • Strong hands-on experience in Java (11+) and Spring ecosystem
  • Expertise in designing event-driven architectures
  • Hands-on experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or similar messaging platforms
  • Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, and API security standards
  • Experience with containerization and cloud-native deployment

Tools and skills

javaspring bootspring dataspring securitykafkarabbitmqrest apisoauth2jwtpostgresqlmysqlmongodbsqldockerkubernetesawsazuregcpjenkinsgithub actionsgitlab ci

Nice to have: generative ai, applied artificial intelligence.

About the company

Global multinational bank with massive scale but traditional banking engineering culture.

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