Winston Burke
About Winston Burke
Winston Burke is a Lead Architect at HSBC, where he provides technical leadership in various architecture domains. He has extensive experience in the financial sector, having held positions at notable companies such as BMW Group, Goldman Sachs, and BNP Paribas.
Work at HSBC
Winston Burke currently serves as Lead Architect at HSBC, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he provides technical leadership in areas such as API, Microservices, Service Mesh, Serverless, and Event-Driven Architecture. He engages with teams as part of an 'Internal Consultancy' to assist in adopting modern microservices-based architecture. Prior to his current role, he worked at HSBC in various capacities, including Senior Technical Lead / Technical Architect from 2015 to 2016, and Microservices Practice Technical Lead / Technical Architect from 2017 to 2019. His contributions include developing strategies for Container, Serverless, Service Mesh, and Microservices Application Architecture.
Education and Expertise
Winston Burke holds a Master of Business Administration for Financial Managers and Financial Analysts from the University of Manchester - Manchester Business School, which he completed from 2008 to 2012. He also earned a BEng in Electronics with Computing and Business from Kingston University, studying from 1991 to 1995. His educational background provides a strong foundation for his expertise in architecture and development within the financial services sector.
Background
Winston Burke has a diverse professional background in software development and architecture across several prominent financial institutions. He began his career at Commerzbank AG as a Software Developer from 2006 to 2007. He then worked at BNP Paribas from 2009 to 2012, followed by a role as Analyst Developer at Goldman Sachs from 2007 to 2008. His experience includes positions at Goldman Sachs as a Senior Developer and at BMW Group as a Trainer, showcasing his progression in technical roles leading to his current position.
Achievements
Winston Burke developed the Accelerated Connected Enterprise – Data application, a microservices-based modeling and API generation tool. He is currently involved in migrating this application to AWS and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Additionally, he leads a practice to define strategies, reference architecture, patterns, standards, and best practices for HSBC. His work includes developing accelerators for common problems to enable teams across the bank, demonstrating his commitment to enhancing operational efficiency.