Cyber Security Engineering Lead

Operating in Toronto, HGCA is part of a global service company, delivering services to support the operating entities of HSBC Group. We have different capabilities that provide tools and processes to facilitate the functions, business, and entities with their service management responsibilities.

Here at HSBC we use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to open up new kinds of opportunity for our more than 40 million customers. We’re bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

You’ll be a tech-first Engineering Lead who brings fresh ideas, guides the team’s technical decisions, and keeps everyone moving towards clear outcomes (quality, reliability, and delivery). We are looking for people who are flexible in their approach, enjoy technology and who are happy to try new things, as well as being comfortable in throwing experiments away if they don’t work. Controlled failure is considered an opportunity to learn.

We currently write software in the following languages: java, javascript, clojure, kotlin, bash(!), python. We're not a big fan of frameworks but it's a team choice and a lot of teams have adopted react and vue for front end. You don't need to be an expert in any of these languages, but we do expect a willingness to learn.

As our Engineering Lead, you will:

• Set and communicate the technology strategy, balancing business delivery with ongoing remediation of technical debt
• Drive engineering excellence: automation, strong testing discipline, code quality, CI/CD maturity, and operational readiness
• Build reliability in by design by addressing non-functional requirements (performance, resilience, observability, recoverability)
• Manage risk and control items proactively, staying on top of vulnerabilities and control and governance processes
• Strong full-stack engineering and devOps experience across build, test, release and run, including Continuous Delivery practice
• Hands-on engineer who can code and deploy to production, working across at least two languages and willing to learn new stacks (e.g., Java, JavaScript, Clojure, Python). Relational database experience (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Working knowledge of Unix and a solid infrastructure understanding
• Proven technical leadership: raising engineering standards, coaching, and improving team ways of working
• Strong stakeholder management and decision-making, making sound trade-offs across time, risk and quality, including knowing when to escalate
• Working knowledge of cyber security and regulatory requirements (e.g., data privacy, consent, data residency) and how to apply them in delivery
• Comfortable operating in both Unix and Windows environments

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in Canada as HSBC will not engage in immigration sponsorship for this position.

Variable pay generally takes the form of discretionary, annual awards (sometimes referred to as a “bonus”). Additionally, HSBC offers a wide range of competitive and flexible benefits designed to help you improve your health and well-being, finances, and lifestyle.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, national origin, ethnicity, disability or medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran service, religion, creed, sex, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, caregiver status, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other trait protected by applicable law.

Variable pay generally takes the form of discretionary, annual awards (sometimes referred to as a “bonus”). Additionally, HSBC offers a wide range of competitive and flexible benefits designed to help you improve your health and well-being, finances, and lifestyle.