Java API (Application Program Interface) Lead / Senior Consultant Specialist

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations 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 realize their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specialist 

In this role you will:

• Design, develop and maintain APIs & microservices in Java/Spring Boot.
• Provide support across the end-to-end delivery and run lifecycle. Carry out software development, testing and operational support activities with the ability to move between the technology stacks.
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices within the engineering community.
• Grow the technical expertise of engineering community.
• Helping with designing, maintaining, and improving all aspects of the software delivery lifecycle
• Collaborate with technical leaders and product owners to contribute to product and project strategy, code standards, roadmap definition, and requirements gathering.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues related to APIs. Including debugging and optimizing code
• Provide 24/7 production support, including on call rotations, to ensure system uptime and reliability.
• Monitor API performance, identify bottlenecks and implement optimizations.
• Participate in broader discussions about software architecture.
• Working with Ops, Dev and Test Engineers to ensure operational issues (performance, operator intervention, alerting, design defect related issues, etc.) are identified and addressed at all stages of a product or service release / change.
• Liaise with other engineers, architects, agile coaches, and other stakeholders to understand and drive the Smart Channels software products.
• Work closely with teams, product owners, agile coaches and other stakeholders to ensure we deliver world-class tools and capabilities for our engineering community.
• Actively participate in the Engineering Discipline and associated communities
• Keep up to date and have expertise on current tools, technologies and areas like cyber security and regulations pertaining to aspects like data privacy, consent, data residency.