Some careers shine brighter than others.

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. 

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. 

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specalist 

In this role, you will: 

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, high-performance RESTful APIs and backend services using Python.
• Contribute to end-to-end solution design and coding, from requirements through to production support.
• Build reusable, efficient, reliable server-side components with a strong focus on performance, maintainability, and clean code.
• Integrate APIs with databases, third-party services, front-end applications, and enterprise platforms.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, DevOps teams, and front-end developers to translate functional needs into technical solutions.
• Contribute to continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, automated testing, code reviews, and deployment processes.
• Ensure compliance with security requirements, coding standards, and API governance best practices.
• Facilitate issue resolution to keep delivery on track and ensure functional issues are addressed through agreed solutions.
  

To be successful, you will 

• Strong hands-on experience building complex, scalable backend systems and RESTful APIs using Python.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker for containerizing Python applications and APIs.Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized APIs on Kubernetes
• Proven experience with Python web/API frameworks such as Django and FastAPI.Solid understanding of API contract design using OpenAPI/Swagger specifications.
• Knowledge of API resilience and traffic-management patterns (rate limiting, throttling, circuit breaker, retry, timeout, fallback).
• Strong command of core Python (decorators, generators, context managers, typing, exception handling, package/module design).
• Strong experience with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server), including schema design and query optimisation.
• Experience with Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools such as Django ORM or SQLAlchemy.
• Hands-on containerisation and orchestration experience using Docker and Kubernetes (e.g., Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps/Secrets, Ingress, autoscaling, health probes) 

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.”

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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India