Risk - Compliance IT Principal Engineer

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 62 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 Risk - Compliance IT Principal Engineer 

Department Background:

Enterprise Technology (ET) is a Global Function encompassing platforms that are vital to the bank’s operation. ET’s mission is to “Enable, Protect and Delight” HSBC’s global businesses.  Our inclusive culture means a lot to us, and we are searching for intellectually curious, compassionate people who are eager to grow their skills.

The Risk and Compliance teams, sit within ET, and provide the Risk & Compliance business with solutions to analyze their risk and compliance data, identify and manage threats to HSBC business areas and simplify the workflow of operational areas.  There are strategic programmes to pivot to open-source cloud-based solutions and away from vendor-based platforms as well as to modernize existing systems to meet future threats.

The Opportunity:

• As the most senior engineer in the Risk and Compliance area, you will be able to convey complex topics and work closely with the CIOs, business partners as well as your Principal Engineer peers.
• In addition, you will upskill teams and providing the oversight and direction to deliver at scale.
• There is a specific emphasis on Java / Python & containerization to ensure risk and compliance data processing can be executed at scale and cloud agnostic.
• This role demands a deep awareness of technology, best practices, and emerging trends across the industry.

What you’ll do:

• Your primary responsibility is to drive `Engineering Excellence’ across the many compliance platforms and their related large-scale programs.
• You will demonstrate a passion for delivering quality software efficiently and reducing toil.
• In addition, you will drive high standards across the department and be a role model exemplifying these standards. 
• You will be able to develop and communicate technical strategy and influence stakeholders in the delivery of IT solutions aligned to HSBC Technology’s strategic vision.
• This position plays an instrumental role in driving technical delivery and best in class engineering across a portfolio of agile teams.