Job Description

Role Overview
We are seeking a full stack developer with an excellent command of Java to supplement the Equities Technology / Cash & Electronic team. HSBC invests heavily in its front office electronic trading platform. The successful applicant would help turn this investment into a scalable, extensible and performant global trading platform.
The role requires experience with a highly automated software development workflow as well as a containerized run-time environment. The ideal candidate collaborates effortlessly online and offline and practices data-driven code optimizations - with or without the help of AI. Prior experience with order management systems (OMS) or low-latency applications is a plus.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement and deploy enhancements to HSBC’s electronic trading platform
- Support and optimize what you and your colleagues have built
- Collaborate with software engineers in other time zones
- Reduce toil and repetitive tasks by automation
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering of low-latency or real-time systems
- Excellent Java proficiency required, including concurrency, tuning, and memory management
- Good command of Linux/UNIX command line interface
- Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
- Experience with frontend technologies (e.g., JavaScript, HTML, CSS, frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue).
- Experience with backend development (e.g., Node.js, Python, Java, Ruby).
- Knowledge of databases (SQL and/or NoSQL).
- Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs or GraphQL.
- Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Understanding of cloud platforms (GCP).
- Solid understanding of software architecture and system design.
Preferred Skills
- Using agentic AI for software maintenance
- Experience with container runtimes (Podman, Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with message passing systems such as Kafka and Aeron
- Practicing data-driven optimizations (profiling, metrics collection)
- Working-knowledge of CI/CD techniques
Why Join Us
Open up a world of opportunity! Boost your software engineering career by using the latest tools and techniques. Learn about the capital markets and collaborate with engineers just like you across time zones and business lines. Challenge your skills in a fast-moving and technically demanding industry.