Software Engineer

Join our Developer Services Deployment Tooling Team as a Software Engineer and help build the solution that powers software deployment for over 20,000 engineers company wide. As a Software Engineer on this strategic team, you'll contribute to critical systems and tools that directly impact how our global engineering organization develops, tests, and deploys software. The Deployment Tooling team will be positioned to evaluate, build and support advanced deployment tooling extensions to our established GitLab enterprise toolchain platform.

You'll work alongside experienced engineers on platform services, developer tooling, and infrastructure projects that enable teams to deploy their software more efficiently and safely whilst implementing bank wide controls. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your skills while making meaningful contributions to systems used by thousands of developers every day. Be part of the team that makes Deployment Tooling engineering excellence possible.

To be successful as a Software Engineer, you should have:

• Experience designing and implementing distributed systems with microservices architecture and applying software design patterns (SOLID principles, Factory, Observer, Strategy, remove entirely.)

• Proficiency in Java development (Golang and C# would also be considered)

• Advanced knowledge of AWS and other public cloud platforms (RDS, S3, EC2, ECS)

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in designing enterprise systems that are highly available and scalable

• Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline design, implementation, and optimization

• Other scripting languages (Python, Bash, Ruby)

• Experience of advanced toolchain deployments such as GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Harness, Spinnaker, Octopus Deploy, Ansible, Nolio are highly advantageous.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, communication skills and interaction with a diverse range of stakeholders, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of your role is Glasgow

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.