Full Stack Java Developer

Job Title: Full Stack Java Developer
Location: Pune

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:    
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.  We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Introduction:

We are looking for an experienced Developer (AVP) to join our team in Pune. The individual will play a key role in development, support, enhancement and build-out of strategic applications in our portfolio. As a part of the role the individual would also be responsible to work with the global team members towards delivery of agile sprints. This position involves hands-on application development in collaboration with our globally distributed development teams.

What will you be doing?

Development (70%)
•    Agile development using Core Java, Spring and SQL
•    Working knowledge of API development using REST / SOAP based services.
•    Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security
•    Delivering solutions within a DevOps environment with a relentless focus on automation of testing and deployment via TeamCity, and similar tools
•    Recognising, selecting and applying appropriate design patterns, frameworks according to business benefit, maintainability and delivery priorities and constrains.
•    Works with the Product owner and Scrum Leads to execute the agile sprints
•    Proactive test driven development and improve the test coverage and automation of unit and integration test along with the extended testing teams.
•    Writes and reviews code in adherence to the well defined acceptance criteria and definition of done.
•    Applies product development & engineering best practices.
•    Participate in design reviews and provides feedback to the team. 
•    Creates and Maintains architecture, framework, technical documentation.
•    Participates in team retrospective / product demo(s) and provides valuable insights and improvements for future development.
•    Owns and runs with release tasks and collaborates with release management and BA/QA teams to make sure production releases are performed with high levels accuracy.
•    Team mentoring ability to guide the team members to achieve quality deliverables using good engineering practices.

Level 3 Support (30 %)
•    Assist L2 Support teams to resolve user queries and production issues
•    Support, monitoring and troubleshooting of both production and non- production environments
•    Promotes support best practices and proactively takes measures to empower support teams to resolve issues with agility. 
•    Proactively identifies and monitors risk. Takes accountability for mitigation by understanding risk drivers, escalation and careful adherence to the bank’s policies, procedures and practices.

What we’re looking for:

•    BE / BTech or equivalent
•    Experience developing medium to large size Java application covering:
    Core Java, Multi-Threading
    Spring, Spring Boot
    Working knowledge of API development using REST / SOAP based services.
    Spring, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security
    Knowledge of HTTP protocol and web services
    General server side development and deployment
    Unix hands on for simple scripts, checking logs/processes etc.
    SQL
•    experience working in an Agile development methodology environment (preferably Scrum/Kanban)
•    Working Experience with GIT, ANT, IntelliJ/Eclipse, JIRA
•    Excellent organizational, verbal and written communication skills
•    Analytical with a structured approach 
•    Clear & concise verbal and written communication skills
•    Team mentoring ability to guide the team members to achieve quality deliverables using good engineering practices.

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Experience writing Oracle SQL code and Java code
•    Experience building systems in trading, banking and/ or financial organization
•    Good working knowledge and experience with complex business systems and object-oriented design patterns and development

Where will you be working?
Pune


Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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