Front Office Developer

Join us as a Front Office Developer at Barclays where you'll contribute to business delivery of our strategic cross-asset class projects.

You will be working in the Front Office Platform team which part of the Core Strats team in the Markets division of Barclays. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success like using python and web development frameworks to design data or analytics as job-specific technical skills. Ideal candidate will also have experience in front-end web development. Ability to communicate with and learn from colleagues and stakeholders in front office trading, sales and quant roles is essential.

Essential Skills:

• Python, FASTAPI (or experience with similar Python-based web frameworks).
• Commercial software development experience (including relevant development tools) in Python.
• Proven track record of project delivery, ideally covering the entire project lifecycle, including design, implementation, testing, and documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  

Desirable Skills:

• Front-end web development using Python frameworks (e.g. Dash) or JavaScript UI frameworks (e.g. React).
• Experience of database development.
• Knowledge of financial products/trading businesses.
• Experience with Docker, AWS, and Kubernetes.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Prague.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, implement and support analytics based applications used in business decision making. This is an engineering role, not a quant role.

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with Strats, quants and trading to design and implement engineering solutions to complex business problems using domain expertise.
• Collaboration with technology to specify any dependencies required for analytical solutions, such as data, development environments and tools.
• Design, build and maintain common components, libraries and services for use in application development on the platform.
• Evangelise best practices, development standards, documentation and automated testing.  Work with platform users to ensure adoption.
• Provision of ongoing support for the continued effectiveness of analytics and modelling solutions to users. Demonstrate conformance to all Barclays Enterprise Risk Management Policies, particularly Model Risk Policy.
• Ensure all development activities are undertaken within the defined control environment.
  

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• 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 organization 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 practices (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.