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components aligned to agreed architecture and engineering best practices.\nDevelop customer-centric user experiences using modern Android UI frameworks (Jetpack Compose and/or XML Views) and implement robust application logic using current Android development approaches.\nIntegrate applications with backend services and APIs, ensuring reliability, performance, and secure data handling.\nContribute directly to feature delivery, bug fixing, and technical improvements across the mobile codebase.\nPartner with product and design to translate requirements into scalable, maintainable technical solutions.\nEngineering Quality and Governance\nEnsure high-quality code through clean architecture, unit testing, and peer code reviews.\nFollow governance processes to ensure long-view technical design is in place for robustness, scalability, and maintainability.\nDrive performance optimisation, stability improvements, and secure coding practices appropriate for banking-grade applications.\nMaintain and improve development standards, including coding guidelines, branching strategies, release readiness checks, and technical documentation.\nIssue Resolution\nIdentify and diagnose complex technical issues across devices, Android OS versions, OEM variations, and integration points.\nDevelop and implement effective solutions in a timely manner, collaborating with other engineers where needed.\nMaintain a clear log of issues and resolutions, providing structured updates to stakeholders (including risks, mitigations, and timelines).\nContinuous Improvement\nGather feedback from users and internal teams to identify areas for improvement in the Android app and development lifecycle.\nWork closely with platform and engineering teams to implement enhancements and optimisations based on feedback and data (e.g., crash analytics, performance metrics).\nStay up to date with Android ecosystem changes (SDK updates, Jetpack libraries, Play policies, security guidance), incorporating relevant advancements into the team’s approach.\nContribute to documentation, including developer guides, FAQs, and troubleshooting tips to support maintainability and onboarding.\nCommunication and Collaboration\nMaintain open lines of communication with product, design, QA, security, and backend teams, providing regular updates on progress and risks.\nParticipate in cross-functional meetings to share insights and collaborate on mobile-related initiatives.\nFoster a positive, supportive environment that encourages knowledge sharing, mentoring, and teamwork.\nRequirements\nStrong problem-solving abilities, with a proven track record of resolving complex technical issues.\nExcellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.\nAbility to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects and priorities.\nStrong experience with version control (Git) and modern branching/release practices.\nFamiliarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins (or equivalent).\nGood understanding of Android performance optimisation (startup time, rendering, memory, battery) and secure coding best practices.\nExperience integrating mobile apps with cloud services and APIs (REST/GraphQL), including authentication and secure session handling.\nWorking knowledge of Agile development methodologies.\nMinimum 3+ years of professional Android development experience, including recent experience delivering production apps.Proficiency in Kotlin (and understanding of Java where required).\nStrong understanding of Android app architecture and patterns (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture), modularisation, and dependency injection (e.g., Hilt/Dagger/Koin).\nExperience building UI with Jetpack Compose (preferred) and/or Android Views, including state management and complex UI rendering.\nExperience with Android Jetpack libraries (e.g., ViewModel, Navigation, Room/DataStore, WorkManager).\nSolid understanding of concurrency and async programming (Coroutines/Flow, threading).\nExperience with testing practices: unit testing (JUnit), UI testing (Espresso/Compose UI), and testability by design.\nAwareness of security expectations for mobile banking (e.g., secure storage, encryption, certificate pinning/transport security, OWASP MASVS concepts).\nYou’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.\nHSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.\nPersonal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.\n***Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited Xian Branch***","description_format":"text","description_chars":5669,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Flexible schedule","Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"China","iso":"CN","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Commercial & Retail Banks","Wealth Management & Financial Advisors","Investment Banking & M&A Advisory"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-26T03:08:44Z"}],"liveness":{"score":88,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.877,"p_room":1,"age_days":5,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-09-27T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/hsbc-sr-associate-director-software-engineering","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/hsbc-sr-associate-director-software-engineering.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T00:54:04Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":449,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4551,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}