Associate Director, Software Engineering (AI Guardrail)

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering (AI Guardrail).

Business: CTO Platforms (AI Platforms)

Location: Shenzhen / Guangzhou / Xi'an

Req ID: 45007

Principal Responsibilities

• Build high-concurrency async services in Python (asyncio) and/or Go for AI/LLM guardrail runtimes.
• Design scalable sync/async execution pipelines, including batching, routing, and inference orchestration.
• Implement queueing and flow-control (backpressure, retries, timeouts, cancellation, overload protection, rate limiting).
• Deliver streaming and real-time processing via WebSocket, SSE, gRPC streaming, and event-driven patterns.
• Build distributed messaging architectures using Kafka/PubSub to support chunked/streaming inference and detection.
• Instrument end-to-end observability (metrics, tracing, telemetry) with OpenTelemetry/OpenInference and actionable dashboards/alerts.
• Lead reliability and performance engineering: profiling, concurrency tuning, bottleneck/latency/overload remediation, SLO/SLA practices.
• Enable governance-ready controls: config-driven policies/detectors (versioning/rollout/rollback), multi-tenancy (isolation/quotas), audit trails and traceable runtime signals.

• Bachelor’s degree or above in CS/Software Engineering (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years’ engineering experience, including 5+ years building and running distributed, cloud-native backend systems in production.
• Strong hands-on Python (asyncio/FastAPI) and/or Go, with deep knowledge of non-blocking I/O, async programming, and high-concurrency service design.
• Proven runtime control and performance engineering: queueing/backpressure, rate limiting/overload protection, retries/timeouts/cancellation, latency and throughput optimisation under load.
• Experience with event-driven and streaming systems plus API platforms: WebSocket/SSE/message streaming, REST/gRPC, and API gateway/platform components; strong observability (metrics/logs/traces, OpenTelemetry) and production troubleshooting (profiling, RCA).
• Cloud and platform operations: Kubernetes/Docker on AWS/GCP/Azure; operational controls such as RBAC/authN/authZ, configuration management, and audit logging; AI-native mindset and effective use of coding assistants.

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. /WX

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