Head of Pre-Trade Technology

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 an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We’re currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Head of Pre-Trade Technology.

As our Head of Pre-Trade Technology, you’ll be passionate about delivering high quality, customer-focused solutions for the Equity Derivatives front office. You’ll lead and inspire a high-performing, globally distributed engineering team, while staying hands on with solution design and Kotlin development. You’ll set the standard by leading from the front bringing proven experience building, deploying and supporting large-scale EQD pre-trade platforms in a fast-paced, high-change environment.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role you will:

• Lead the pre-trade technology strategy and delivery for Equity Derivatives, building high-quality, customer-focused solutions.
• Manage and develop a high-performing, globally distributed engineering team, with a strong focus on mentoring and coaching.
• Stay hands-on with architecture and design, and contribute through Kotlin coding and code reviews where it adds most value.
• Drive transformation and modernisation across the pre-trade platform, improving scalability, resilience and time-to-market.
• Partner closely with senior front-office stakeholders, operating confidently in an agile, high-pressure environment.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Proven ability to lead and inspire a globally distributed engineering team across multiple regions, driving consistent delivery and strong engineering standards.
• Strong capability to partner with front-office and technology stakeholders, including Trading, Structuring, Quants and Product Owners, aligning priorities and translating needs into delivered outcomes.
• Demonstrable experience architecting complex front-office derivatives platforms, balancing scalability, resilience, time-to-market and operational supportability.
• Deep knowledge of equity derivatives workflows and controls, including pricing, trading, booking, risk monitoring, P&L and quant model integration.
• Advanced expertise in distributed systems architecture, including microservices and message-oriented/event-driven designs.
• Track record designing and delivering platforms with stringent performance, capacity and availability requirements (e.g., low-latency, high throughput, high availability).
• Strong understanding of the pre-trade lifecycle, including pricing and documentation generation workflows.
• Working knowledge of public cloud platforms such as GCP and/or AWS, including cloud-native patterns and operational considerations.

Opening up a world of opportunity.

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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