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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering (Mobile Technical Lead).
Business: IWPB Technology
Job ID:51721
Principal responsibilities
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Establish and sustain the Android engineering community across Mobile Foundation, Channel Transformation and partner teams, including cadence, knowledge sharing and communities of practice
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Lead (and govern the adoption of) the definition of the 'HSBC way' of engineering Android mobile apps
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Helping with designing, maintaining and improving the CI/CD tools and build pipelines
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Collaborate with technical leaders and product owners to contribute to product and project strategy, code standards, roadmap definition, and requirements gathering
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Collaborate with the recruiting team and regional Heads of Engineering to attract, onboard and retain diverse top talent
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Champion modern Android engineering practices (automation-first testing, inner source reuse, secure-by-design, continuous delivery) and ensure they are adopted through coaching, enablement and governance.
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Provide architectural leadership for Android and contribute to broader mobile architecture alignment, including defining reference patterns and decision records.
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Grow Android engineering capability through mentoring, communities of practice, curated learning paths, and targeted improvement initiatives (e.g., testing maturity, performance, modularization).
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Work with squads, product owners, agile coaches and key stakeholders to deliver world-class Android engineering enablement (tooling, standards, templates, reference implementations and documentation).
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Actively participate in the Mobile Engineering Discipline and associated communities.
Knowledge & Experience/Qualifications
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BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or related field
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Extensive native Android development experience in large-scale environments, with strong proficiency in Kotlin and modern Android tooling
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Proven experience as a Lead/Senior/Staff Android Engineer (or equivalent) in a large-scale mobile environment
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Strong mentoring and coaching capability, uplifting junior/mid engineers and supporting tech leads through enablement and guidance.
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Participating in technical Show & Tells
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Experience with open source / inner source ways of working, promoting reuse, contribution and shared ownership across teams
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You have experience in fostering a strong engineering culture in an agile and DevOps environment
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Track record of identifying and implementing opportunities to enable Android / iOS engineers to develop more productively and with high quality
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Experience collaborating effectively across multiple engineering centers in multiple territories
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Advocate for quality
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Be an ambassador for writing testable code
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Gatekeeper for definition of done
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Document solutions
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Write blog articles
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