Java Backend Engineer/Sr. Associate Director,

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 chances, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services businesses in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the progress is, allowing 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 job of Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering

In this post, you will:

• Design and provide features over a suite of 8+ Spring Boot microservices using hexagonal architecture (ports & adapters) and CQRS patterns.
• Create and sustain domain-driven services covering model inventory, validation lifecycle, workflow orchestration, monitoring, and approvals.
• Implement and evolve BPMN/DMN workflows using Flowable for involved multi-step approval and validation processes.
• Own inter-service communication via Open Feign client organisations, guaranteeing resilience and clean API contracts.
• Write and uphold database migrations (Liquibase) and optimize PostgreSQL queries spanning a database-per-service topology.
• Collaborate with business analysts, model validators, and risk stakeholders to translate regulatory needs into software.
• Contribute to platform evolution — service extraction, legacy migration, and architectural improvements.
• Uphold high code quality through automated testing, SonarQube, and peer review.

To be successful in this post, you should meet the following needs:

• 15+ years of backend development in Java (17+, ideally 21).
• Robust experience with Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Cloud.
• Solid understanding of microservice architecture — service decomposition, API design, inter-service communication patterns.
• Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL — schema design, query optimization, migrations.
• Familiarity with CQRS or similar read/write separation patterns.
• Experience with RESTful API design and OpenAPI/Swagger.
• Working experience with GCP and GKE — Cloud SQL, Pub/Sub, Kubernetes deployments, namespaces, health checks, and Helm charts for release management.
• Proficiency with Git (trunk-based development, branching strategies, code reviews) and CI/CD pipelines (create, test, deploy automation).
• Exposure to automated test frameworks such as REST Assured, Playwright, or similar — comfortable writing and sustaining unit, integration, and end-to-end test suites.

Highly Desirable

• Experience with Flowable, Camunda, or similar BPMN/DMN workflow engines.
• Familiarity with hexagonal architecture (ports & adapters) in practice.
• Exposure to Feign or declarative HTTP clients.
• Experience with Liquibase or Flyway for schema versioning.
• Experience with event-driven architecture (Pub/Sub, Kafka).
• Familiarity with Maven multi-module builds and shared library management.

Nice to Have

• Background in financial services, risk management, or regulatory technology.
• Understanding of model risk management concepts (model validation, tiering, governance).
• Experience migrating or modernizing legacy platforms.

You’ll deliver on more when you join HSBC.

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India

This Java Backend Engineer/Sr. Associate Director, vacancy is based in Pune.