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# Senior Full Stack Engineer

- **Company:** HSBC Group
- **Location:** Sheffield, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, PostgreSQL, Release Management, Software Engineering, Software Organization, Google Cloud, ReactJS, Delivery Pipeline, Backend, Kubernetes, Restful APIs, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/9225814BAF6946BCBB65D1E9E2081D67/job/

## About the Role

* Bring extensive hands-on software engineering experience designing, developing and deploying backend applications to production
 * Demonstrate proven experience shaping engineering practice and supporting engineering and cultural change across teams
 * Show strong experience designing microservices and broader microservice architecture
 * Evidence delivery experience releasing change to production at high cadence with reliability
 * Apply strong CI/CD practice across build, test and deployment workflows
 * Build and deliver RESTful APIs to production
 * Design schemas and work extensively with PostgreSQL databases
 * Develop UI applications using ReactJS and support end-to-end delivery across the stack
 * Work confidently with Docker, Kubernetes and GCP in production environments
 * Build backend services in Java (Java 21+ preferred)

## Description

In the role as Senior Full Stack Engineer, you will focus on hands-on engineering across backend microservices, UI applications and databases to deliver a first-in-class solution iteratively into the hands of users. You'll help shape the architecture and design aligned to a Java 21+ microservice structure while raising standards for quality and operational readiness., * Build and release backend microservices, UI applications and database changes into production for CDD

 * Shape architecture and design aligned to a Java 21+ microservice structure
 * Accelerate delivery cadence across the team through hands-on contribution and reliable production change
 * Set engineering standards, mentor engineers and embed modern software development practices
 * Partner with business and engineering leadership to understand requirements and align delivery across the wider team
 * Strengthen engineering culture across testing, code review, operational readiness, documentation and continuous improvement
 * Remove impediments, surface risks and communicate issues to programme management
 * Support delivery and operational excellence for services running in Docker containers on Kubernetes within GCP


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