Risk - Compliance IT Principal Engineer/Enterprise Technology

Principal responsibilities

This role demands a deep awareness of technology, best practices, and emerging trends across the industry. You will be able to mobilise ideas safely within the controlled framework ET operate in.

·Hands on passionate technologist who is still delivering code to production.

·Ideally does one or more for the following – blogs about technology, has a GitHub portfolio and/or contributes to open source.

·Expert knowledge of development practices, have deep knowledge of one of our core programming languages, Java / Python and ideally JavaScript & Go too.

·Experience in event driven processing would be useful but not essential.

·Ability to follow the industry shifts and offerings across the full-stack including Containers, Kubernetes, Cloud, Virtualization, service mesh, data lakes, storage and networking in Cloud environments.

·A problem solver that can translate business opportunities into technical solutions.

·The ability to choose the ‘right tool for the job’.

·Connect, build and support communities that ‘raise the bar’ on delivering quality and efficiency.

·Build inter-personal relationships with key stakeholders and technology partners.

·Self-assurance to positively question current perspectives and steer towards improved paths.

·Maintain a strong knowledge of IT development methodology, architecture design, engineering solutions, and technical standards.

·Mentor and share knowledge with others on the team, and outside teams where required.

·Always consider automation for a solution from the start.Help to reduce the toil and time-consuming portions of the technology to help developers become more agile and deliver solutions quickly and securely.

·Be able to evidence continuous learning, staying up-to-date and guiding the engineering community on evolving trends.

Accountabilities for Business, Customers and Stakeholders

·"Someone who can create something which makes the bank better, faster, safer".

·Steers people to use or change their behaviours; this includes "transferring their expertise".

·Ability to sell ideas and concepts to key business and IT stakeholders as well as peer engineers.

·Influences way beyond their own immediate department.

·Someone who can explain technology well to business or senior managers such that they buy into a technology direction.

·Someone who influences beyond HSBC in the industry (be that tech or banking).

·Someone who can identify risk and opportunities for the business.

Teamwork

·Takes accountability & personal risk - i.e. not deferring to an Architect or "the process"

·Someone who can communicate with code.

·Supports team success over individual success.

·Continuously improves themselves and nurtures their team.