Data - Technology Graduate Programme (Jun 2025)

What you'll do

Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.

We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.

Over two years, you’ll get to:

• Join our community of Data Analysts, who are our information powerhouses, delivering valuable insights that allow us to know our customers and business better
• Help transform HSBC into a truly data-driven organization by ensuring that every design decision has a built-in data consideration and that people develop a data-led culture
• Work closely with global delivery teams and senior stakeholders to connect the processes, data, products, services, and technology that underpin our success
• Collaborate with colleagues around the world to understand the bigger picture and use data to develop a compelling narrative that tells their story
• Take ownership of various pieces of analysis and learn about the different tools we use, including SQL, Python, Spark, and R
• Be involved in developing, executing, and supervising programmes and policies that protect, deliver, and enhance the value of our data and information assets

Who you are

We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, particularly those with a passion for technology.

It takes a broad range of skills to be successful at HSBC. We're looking forward to seeing the mix of skills you’ve learned so far, and hearing about the unique perspective that you’ll bring to our teams. We’ll help you learn everything else.

To join us on this programme, you’ll need to be:

• Intellectually curious and constantly looking for new ways to hone your skills
• Eager to learn about the new technologies you can use to collect and store data and display outputs
• Clear about how and where you can contribute and take responsibility for your work and outcomes
• A natural collaborator, who’s always happy to speak up, enjoys building relationships and sharing ideas
• A strong analytical thinker, with a solid base of tech skills that you’re keen to apply to real-world situations
• Communicative and resilient, making changes in your stride and quickly adapting to new situations

What you'll learn

We’ll help you develop the technical skills most relevant to your role. We’ll also provide plenty of opportunities to advance your non-technical skills, like communication and collaboration, that will help you move your career forward successfully.

During your time on the programme, you’ll:

• Become a skilled data practitioner, with strong capabilities in areas such as analytics, Cloud, Machine Learning and AI
• Get involved in Cloud platform development and deployment, architecture security and solutions, and help show how business, data and technology domains are linked together through reference architectures
• Complete training designed to hone your fundamental skills and knowledge in areas like data movement, governance, management, regulatory and MI reporting
• Have plenty of other opportunities to develop your skills, and people to support you along the way, ensuring that you’re well prepared for the future

Virtual work experience

Try our virtual work experience in Digital Business Services. You’ll get a feel for the type of work this business area undertakes, the activities you could be involved in, and the skills you would develop on the programme.

Ready to apply?

• For: Final year students or recent graduates
• Duration: Two years
• Areas: Data
• Start date: July 2025 onwards

Guangzhou - Engineering

Requirements:    

• Available to work full time for 2 years commencing July 2025
• Obtained, or expected to achieve, a 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA or equivalent 2.1 degree from a recognized University (as appears on your official University Transcript or Degree Certificate)
• Fluent in English and Mandarin
• Legally permitted to work in mainland China

Additional information:    

We encourage you to apply early as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this vacancy before its closing date if all roles are filled.

• Start date: July 2025 onwards

Xi'an - Data

Requirements:    

• Available to work full time for 2 years commencing July 2025
• Obtained, or expected to achieve, a 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA or equivalent 2.1 degree from a recognized University (as appears on your official University Transcript or Degree Certificate)
• Fluent in English and Mandarin
• Legally permitted to work in mainland China

Additional information:    

We encourage you to apply early as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this vacancy before its closing date if all roles are filled.

• Start date: July 2025 onwards