Job Description

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 Consultant Specialist.


Research IT develops IT systems for the Global Research department of HSBC's Global Banking and Markets division. The IT systems are used mainly in the production and distribution of research publications. Research IT comprises an on-shore team (based in the UK) and an off-shore team (based in India and China). This setup has been in place since 2004, and has a very successful and positive working relationship with each other, and with the business. As part of HSBC's digital drive HSBC is investing in a major programme to enhance the Global Research offering. The aim of this Programme is to enable flexibility in the sale and distribution of Global Research reports. The emphasis is on addressing regulatory requirements around the provision of research plus providing flexibility in sales models to respond to market demands. In addition HSBC is making a major investment in adopting DevOps delivery processes and Cloud based solutions. Joining the department at this time will enable you to develop your skills in these new tools and techniques. As a department we are already Agile and we are embracing the change to be DevOps and able to deliver high quality systems rapidly We are looking for a senior developer to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible to develop new Java, Microservice and database based solutions. Developers can choose to use IntelliJ, Visual Studio or Eclipse IDEs and will be using GIT and GitHub code repositories. Database persistence is via 3 types of SQL database, Oracle, SqlServer and Postgres.
In this role, you will:


The main purposes of the role are to
+ Work with the local team and bring the transformation with architectural decisions thereby leading to systems simplification and management of the estate
+ Ensure that the developed functionality meets the supplied specifications
In addition, the candidate will be expected to do production support on rotational basis Candidate should be passionate to work on various Technologies be it Java or others The role is a individual contributor role and very much hands on. Working in agile environment and participate in Agile ceremonies. Working on ways to automate and improve development and release processes. Generating ideas with team members and offering insightful solutions. Writing code with high standards and ensuring that test and quality processes are adhered to. Testing and verifying changes to applications under your responsibility Facilitating user acceptance testing of releases. Adhere and contribute to all departmental guidelines and procedures. Adhere to the best practices, standards and policies outlined in the various IT Functional Instruction Manuals. Report progress to IT and Business stakeholders Be aware of relevant industry developments and keep relevant skills up to date. Requirements
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:


Strong Java 11+ knowledge and hands on working experience on Microservices Well versed with Service Design Principles Strong SQL Server and exposure to CI/CD tools (Teamcity/Jenkins) Good hands on experience on any UI frameworks (eg : Angular 9, NextJS or ReactJS ) Good knowledge of OO and design patterns Reasonable understanding of http protocol Reasonable understanding of application servers Experience of working in an Agile and DevOps development environment
What additional skills will be good to have?


Understand, follow and demonstrate compliance with all relevant internal and external rules, regulations and procedures that apply to the conduct of the business in which you are involved, specifically Internal Controls and any Compliance policy including, inter alia, the Group Compliance policy. Maintain HSBC Internal Control standards, including the timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators. Be aware of the Operational Risk scenario associated with your role and act in a manner that takes account of operational risk considerations.
You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by - HSBC Software Development India