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*hackajob is collaborating with HSBC to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.* Some Careers Offer More Opportunities Than Others. If youre looking for further opportunities to develop your career, take the next step in fulfilling your potential right here at HSBC. We are currently seeking a high caliber skilled to join our team as Principal Data Engineer - Data Technology. Role Overview We are looking for an exceptional Principal Engineer to serve as the technical anchor for the Data Technology domain, covering platforms and capabilities including Enterprise Data Assets (EDA), Reference Data, Big Data & Movement, and Data Decisioning engineering. This role will drive technical strategy, architecture, and engineering excellence across distributed data platforms that are foundational to data democratization, AI enablement, customer insight, and regulatory compliance. The Principal Engineer will provide hands-on leadership in modern data and digital engineering practices, hybrid cloud enablement, event-driven architecture, and platform scalability to ensure enterprise-ready and future-fit data services. This role is suited for a senior technologist with deep experience in data platform engineering and the ability to influence product and delivery teams across a large, global, matrixed organization. In This Role You Will - Define and evolve the reference engineering standards for core data provisioning platforms, ensuring alignment to the banks Group Data Strategy and Data Future State Architecture. - Provide deep technical standards and approach leadership across key platforms:- - Enterprise Data Assets (EDA) and APIs for standardized data provisioning - Reference Data Services for golden source alignment and hierarchy management - Big Data and Movement technologies for ingestion, streaming, and transformation at scale - Decisioning Infrastructure including real-time feature stores and orchestration - Lead peer reviews and ensure platfor .
Here's how to pick the right one and stand out in your application.
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That number is real. WorkMundi's database shows 144,883 open engineer roles across the world. India has the most with 31,687 jobs, followed by the United States with 30,084. If you just finished reading one job ad and felt paralyzed by choice, you're not alone—but this scale is actually an advantage. It means you can afford to be selective.
Start by geography and language. The majority of engineer ads—117,837 of them—have the job posting text written in English. Use that as one filter, but remember: the ad text language tells you nothing about whether the role actually requires you to speak English day-to-day. Read the job description carefully. Then check which countries have the volume you're targeting. Singapore, Poland, and Australia round out the top five after India and the US.
Next, learn who's hiring. Accenture has posted 2,801 engineer roles. andurilindustries, speechify, and jobgether are also actively recruiting. If you're applying to one of these names, research their hiring patterns and interview style before you apply. That homework pays off.
When you interview, expect the question every engineer hears: 'Tell me about a time you had to debug a problem that wasn't in your job description.' Have a specific story ready—not a general one. Name the tools, the deadline pressure, and what you learned. Hiring managers listen for whether you see problem-solving as part of the role itself, not a favour.