Avaloq  Developer Associate Director

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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 opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations 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 realise their ambitions.

Why HSBC

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Guided by our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity, our ambition is to become the world’s most trusted bank globally, putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

The Opportunity

This role sits at the centre of how we build and deliver the Avaloq banking platform for Private Banking. You’ll oversee end-to-end Avaloq delivery across a global engineering set-up, covering design through to deployment and run-the-bank outcomes. The role brings together hands-on platform understanding with modern delivery practices across Agile and DevOps. Success means reliable delivery of projects, minor enhancements and backlog items while improving release frequency, quality and production stability. You’ll also strengthen engineering capability through recruitment, talent management and location strategy in partnership with the Head of Engineering Banking Platform. Risk control, governance and adherence to mandatory training expectations are part of the day-to-day.

What youll be doing

• Own Avaloq deliveries for the stream and oversee the end-to-end development lifecycle across design, development, testing and deployment
• Set engineering standards across code quality, documentation and compliance with development standards, best practices and quality guidelines
• Coordinate delivery across projects, minor enhancements and RTB backlog using Agile and DevOps ways of working
• Build capability across global engineering teams with a direct reporting line to the Head of Engineering Banking Platform
• Shape the automation strategy in partnership with the Test Manager
• Govern risk, control and governance expectations including identifying risks, threats and deficiencies in key controls
• Manage local engineering responsibilities including recruitment, retention, training, talent management, career management and local administration
• Handle local Avaloq-related escalations including incident resolution and management as the single point of contact

What were looking for

• Bring deep, hands-on experience customising and implementing the Avaloq Banking System
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of Avaloq alongside Agile and DevOps delivery approaches and team management practices
• Apply proven understanding of Private Banking domains and related product areas such as finance, trade, client reporting, cash management and risk
• Contribute to high-level architecture and system design including interfaces, EOD and deployment automation across satellite systems
• Use scripting capability in languages such as PL SQL
• Apply working knowledge of Unix and Control-m
• Evidence delivery of sustainable change that improves business effectiveness aligned to an approved book of work
• Communicate clearly in writing and in person with experience influencing stakeholders through complex technical decisions including in ambiguity

Building Avaloq Delivery at Scale

If you want to shape how Avaloq engineering is delivered across a global platform organisation this role offers the scope to make that impact. The work spans technology delivery, operational stability and the engineering practices that sit behind both. You’ll partner closely with stakeholders across technology functions and with the Head of Engineering Banking Platform to strengthen capability and execution. If this matches the work you’ve done and the outcomes you want to deliver we’d welcome your application.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.
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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India