# Backend Engineering Lead/Senior Associate Director, Software

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering Specialist. In this role, you will: Own solution architecture for high-performance data pipelines and microservices, covering non-functional requirements (resilience, scalability, latency, observability, security). Define and drive modernization roadmaps (re-platform, refactor, microservices decomposition), ensuring minimal disruption to live services. Establish engineering standards for API design, event-driven integration, data modelling, testing strategy, CI/CD, and operational readiness. Manage technical debt with clear prioritization and measurable outcomes. Architect, design, and build core services using Java (8+), Spring Boot 3, JPA, PostgreSQL (or any RDBMS), and event streaming patterns. Lead real-time processing implementations using Apache Flink (and/or Apache Beam) where appropriate. Partner with engineers in code reviews, pair debugging, performance tuning, and production incident resolution. Build automation for engineering efficiency (scripting, tooling, testing), leveraging Python where needed. Drive engineering delivery on GCP: Dataflo

- **Id**: 3815242
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/hsbc-backend-engineering-leadsenior-associate-director-software>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: head
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Pune, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T15:36:11Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T15:36:11Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 4
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2551
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commercial & Retail Banks, Wealth Management & Financial Advisors, Investment Banking & M&A Advisory

## Company

- **Id**: 19779
- **Name**: HSBC
- **Domain**: hsbc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/hsbc>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 76
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.026
- **Repost share**: 0.066
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 14
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **Airflow** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **ClickHouse** — Optional: no
- **Flink** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **Google BigQuery** — Optional: no
- **Google GKE** — Optional: no
- **Grafana** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **Hibernate** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **Java** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Prometheus** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Rest API** — Optional: no
- **Spring Boot** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 4

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T15:36:11Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: seen:3, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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