Senior Software Engineer (Lead Full Stack Engineer)

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Your career opportunity

Risk & Compliance technology design and deploy cutting edge technology to defend the bank and its customers from Sanctions Risk, Financial Crime Risk, Identity Threat, Unauthorised Trading and Market Abuse & Regulatory Sanctions, as well as supporting Enterprise Risk Management.  We provide the systems that enable our global businesses to grow through data-driven, pro-active risk management.

We are seeking a talented and passionate Senior Software Engineer (Lead Full Stack Engineer) to join our growing engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining robust and scalable backend & frontend systems that power our new platform for Business Architecture Design Management. You will work closely with other developers, product manager, and business users to build innovative solutions that solve complex organizational problems.

DMT platform – Design Management Tool – is a web solution that serves as an automation, simplification, standardization, compliance, and analytics module that drives a full cycle management of the Business Architecture Design process. The goal is to enable design capturing, optimization, progression, compliance checks, and analytics.

What you’ll do

• Architect, design, and build a robust and scalable web platform from the ground up – covering both frontend and backend development

• Lead development of new user-facing features using modern frameworks (React, Angular)

• Develop and maintain backend services (APIs, microservices, data architecture, business logic) using Node.js, Java, Python.

• Build resilient, maintainable, and performant architecture: from database modelling to API design

• Collaborate effectively with product manager, business users, engineers and other stakeholders in an agile environment – SCRUM

• Deliver high-quality code rapidly by driving a continuous integration and deployment flow (CI/CD, automated testing, code reviews)

• Desing and build scalable and optimally configured setup in cloud, preferably GCP: infrastructure as a code, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), serverless, could services

• Mentor and support engineers to build team autonomy, in still architectural standards, and guide technical excellence

• Work with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in full stack roles designing, building, and launching web platforms

• Strong command of frontend frameworks (React, Angular, or Vue), component-driven architecture, state management, responsive UI, routing

• Solid experience in backend development: RESTful APIs, microservices, domain-driven design, scalable service structures, fault mitigation

• Proven track record of building platforms, tools from scratch, delivering end-to-end functionality under tight timelines

• Comfortable and efficient while working independently – owning technical decisions, managing tasks, and delivering results with minimum oversight]

• Excellent communication – able to explain complex technical concepts to any audience

• Experience in working with relational (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra) databases.

• Experience with Git and version control.

• Extensive knowledge of architectural best practices & fast-paced delivery mindset: value-driven, pragmatic, result oriented

Nice to have:

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AliCloud, AWS, Azure or Google Cloud)

• Experience with data science tools (e.g., Jupyter Notebooks, Pandas, NumPy)

• Experience in applying DevOps features (infrastructure automation, monitoring, auto-scaling, site reliability, engineering principles)

• Knowledge of Generative AI relevant framework and techniques

What we offer

• Competitive salary

• Annual performance-based bonus

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards

• Multisport card

• Private medical care

• Life insurance

• One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).

• Corporate parties & events

• CSR initiatives

• Financial support with trainings and education

• Nursery discounts

• Social fund

• Flexible working hours

• Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:

• Online behavioural test

• Telephone screen

• Job interview with the hiring manager

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.