Engineer - Java Full Stack

Join us as a IOS Engineer at Barclays, where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions.  

To be successful as a IOS Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Design, develop and maintain iOS applications using modern iOS technologies.
• Build scalable, reusable and high‑performance components for customer‑facing mobile journeys.
• Provide technical leadership across iOS development, influencing design and implementation decisions.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, backend engineers, architects and QA teams to deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Ensure solutions meet high standards of quality, security, performance and reliability.
• Lead and participate in code reviews, mentoring engineers and promoting best practices.
• Define and support robust testing strategies including unit, integration and UI testing.
• Support live applications through incident resolution, root‑cause analysis and performance optimisation.
• Stay current with iOS platform evolution and emerging mobile technologies, recommending improvements where appropriate.

• Strong experience in iOS application development using Swift (Objective‑C knowledge is a plus).
• Proven experience delivering consumer‑facing iOS applications at scale.
• Solid understanding of the iOS SDK, app lifecycle, UI frameworks and Apple design guidelines.
• Experience integrating iOS applications with RESTful APIs.
• Hands‑on experience with unit testing and UI testing frameworks.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with the ability to make sound technical decisions.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience working on mobile banking or large‑scale digital platforms.
• Knowledge of performance optimisation, memory management and accessibility on iOS.
• Experience collaborating with Android or cross‑platform (e.g. React Native) teams.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices and monitoring tools.
• Background working in regulated or security‑focused environments.

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

The role is based out of Pune.

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.