Principal Data Engineer Data Technology

HSBC
Guangzhou
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Communications, PR & CommunitySkills: ["Communication"]

Lead the Data Technology Platform by setting technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards for enterprise data capabilities spanning enterprise data assets, reference data, big data ingestion, and decisioning. Shape hybrid-cloud distributed data platforms to remain enterprise-ready, improve scalability and observability, and reduce costs. Direct hands-on engineering patterns across APIs, streaming, transformation, feature stores, orchestration, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code, while partnering across global product and delivery teams.

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Principal Data Engineer Data Technology

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Job Summary

Lead the Data Technology Platform by setting technical strategy, architecture, and engineering standards for enterprise data capabilities spanning enterprise data assets, reference data, big data ingestion, and decisioning. Shape hybrid-cloud distributed data platforms to remain enterprise-ready, improve scalability and observability, and reduce costs. Direct hands-on engineering patterns across APIs, streaming, transformation, feature stores, orchestration, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code, while partnering across global product and delivery teams.
Location: Guangzhou
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Communications, PR & Community
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and evolve reference engineering standards for core data provisioning platforms aligned to Group Data Strategy and Data Future State Architecture.
  • •Set technical direction for enterprise data assets including APIs for standardized data provisioning.
  • •Establish engineering approaches for reference data services, including golden source alignment and hierarchy management.
  • •Oversee big data ingestion, streaming, and transformation patterns at scale, and shape real-time decisioning infrastructure such as feature stores and orchestration.
  • •Champion DevSecOps and CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and drive improvements in observability, performance engineering, cost optimization, scalability, and developer experience.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Flexible Working

Key Requirements

  • •Substantial hands-on experience in data platform engineering, architecture, or software development in a scaled enterprise environment.
  • •Build large-scale data pipelines, APIs, and event-driven systems using modern frameworks and technologies such as Spring, Kafka, and Spark.
  • •Apply architectural knowledge of data mesh, data lakehouse, and real-time customer-facing operational and analytics platforms.
  • •Use cloud platforms including AWS and GCP with containerisation and infrastructure-as-code tooling.
  • •Communicate complex technical decisions clearly to technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience:Data platformsEnterprise softwareCloudHybrid cloudEvent-driven systems
Skills:Communication
Tech Stack:SpringKafkaSparkAWSGCPContainerisationInfrastructure-as-codeCI/CDDevSecOpsData meshData lakehouseObservabilityOrchestrationAPIsStreamingFeature storesMetadata-driven controlsAutomated testing

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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