Lead Full Stack Engineer

Overview

As Lead Full Stack Engineer at HSBC, you modernise and scale SmartServe, our microservices suite powering customer outreach, information capture and authorisations. You will write production code, shape architecture, and raise engineering standards within a global, cross-region team. You’ll partner with business and engineering leaders to understand requirements, accelerate delivery, and drive impactful changes. This role offers impactful work in a large financial services platform and strong development opportunities.

Pay / Benefits

• Private healthcare for UK-based employees
• Enhanced maternity and adoption pay
• Contributory pension with generous employer contribution
• Tailored professional development opportunities
• Competitive pay and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Deliver production code and support system architecture aligned to a microservice structure
• Drive faster cadence of code delivery across the team
• Lead by example through the volume and reliability of changes
• Engage with business and engineering leadership to clarify requirements for the wider team
• Propose ideas and solutions based on wider requirements
• Lead and reinforce a high-performing engineering culture across teams
• Collaborate with a global team across regional boundaries
• Proactively remove impediments and communicate risks to program management
• Identify process inefficiencies and implement innovative, programmatic improvements

Key requirements

• Proven software engineering track record with design, development and deployment of backend applications
• Strong capability in designing microservices and broader microservice architecture
• Demonstrated leadership in guiding teams to deliver production changes
• Solid experience with CI/CD best practices, tooling and implementation
• Hands-on delivery of RESTful APIs into production
• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL including schema design and development

• Leadership and influencing across teams
• Collaborative and cross-functional communication
• Proactive problem-solving and risk management
• Microservice architecture design
• Backend development
• RESTful APIs