Associate Director, Software Engineering

HSBC
Guangzhou
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Written communication","Verbal communication"]

Lead the evaluation and adoption of AI/ML technologies for HSBC’s CEAIA platform, focusing on LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, knowledge management, and scalable engineering patterns. Drive technical research, prototypes, and solution approaches that are maintainable and aligned with enterprise standards. Partner across delivery teams and multiple sites to unblock issues, raise AI engineering quality, and ensure production readiness through strong engineering practices.

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Associate Director, Software Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead the evaluation and adoption of AI/ML technologies for HSBC’s CEAIA platform, focusing on LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, knowledge management, and scalable engineering patterns. Drive technical research, prototypes, and solution approaches that are maintainable and aligned with enterprise standards. Partner across delivery teams and multiple sites to unblock issues, raise AI engineering quality, and ensure production readiness through strong engineering practices.
Location: Guangzhou
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead evaluation and adoption of AI/ML technologies for CEAIA, including LLM, agentic AI, RAG, knowledge management, and emerging engineering patterns.
  • •Drive technical research, proof-of-concept development, and prototype delivery to validate ideas and accelerate platform evolution.
  • •Define scalable, maintainable solution approaches and engineering patterns for AI use cases aligned with enterprise standards.
  • •Partner with development teams to refine solution details, unblock technical issues, and support high-quality implementation across the delivery lifecycle.
  • •Provide technical leadership and practical guidance to engineers, raising the standard of AI engineering and ensuring operational readiness across evaluation, testing, CI/CD, and observability.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • •10+ years of experience with hands-on delivery across AI, ML, data, and enterprise technology solutions.
  • •Strong hands-on experience in AI/ML engineering and delivering solutions from concept through implementation.
  • •Deep knowledge of LLM and agent-based solution design, including prompt engineering, Agentic RAG, knowledge retrieval, memory design, and orchestration patterns.
  • •Solid software engineering discipline covering testing, CI/CD, performance optimization, observability, and production support considerations.
Experience:10+ yearsAI/MLEnterprise technologyCloudLLMsRAGKnowledge management
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering (or related)
Skills:Technical leadershipCollaborationStakeholder managementWritten communicationVerbal communication
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonPostgreSQLAPIsVector databasesAWSAzureGCPOpen-source AI frameworksCI/CDObservabilityLLMRAGNLPMultimodal AIComputer vision

Company Brief

HSBC
Global banking and financial services organisation offering retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, and global markets services across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1865
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