Java Software Engineer – API

Company: HSBC Group
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Location: Sheffield
Job Description:

Overview

In this role you support Securities Services via the pControl platform, enabling global fund servicing for large asset managers and institutions. You will work across a modern, cloud-native engineering environment to improve stability, performance and automation, while contributing to a DevOps-driven culture. You’ll partner with stakeholders and global teams to translate requirements into robust Java-based solutions and resilient production support. The role combines feature delivery with incident management to meet service levels and client expectations, with opportunities to apply AI-enabled approaches where appropriate.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business stakeholders to enhance core fund servicing capabilities on the pControl platform for global clients
  • Collaborate with global engineering teams to build a modern digital engineering environment using CI/CD pipelines, API-based services, web technologies and cloud-native solutions
  • Sustain automation across teams to boost engineering efficiency and delivery outcomes
  • Contribute to full software development lifecycle including analysis, design, build, tests, release and production support
  • Diagnose and resolve production issues and communicate with stakeholders to meet service levels
  • Improve platform stability and performance aligning with client and market expectations
  • Support DevOps transformation through modern engineering practices and tooling
  • Explore opportunities to apply AI to improve engineering efficiency, resilience and user experience, adopting AI-enabled solutions where appropriate and compliant

Key requirements

  • Translate business requirements into clear technical designs and high-quality implementations
  • Build and support Java solutions including API development using RESTful services
  • Apply strong database engineering skills with Oracle and SQL including performance tuning and troubleshooting
  • Cloud platform experience with exposure to cloud-native practices, with GCP preferred
  • Work effectively in Agile teams and apply DevOps practices including CI/CD and automation
  • Manage incidents and provide production support including root cause analysis and preventative fixes
  • Communicate effectively and manage stakeholders across a distributed global team
  • Effective communication
  • Stakeholder management
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Java
  • RESTful APIs
  • Oracle

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Posted: October 17th, 2026