Technical Lead

Job Title: Technical Lead
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:

Developer will be responsible to work on automation of work carried by operations team. Developer will get an opportunity to work on Tier 1 business critical application related to payment processing and credit operations.

What will you be doing?

Technical Consultancy (15%)
•    Provide estimates for engineering work in the production of Advice and Guidance (A&G) documents and project Plan and Estimates (P&Es).
•    Solve unique and complex software-related problems, providing full and detailed analysis with recommendations as appropriate.
•    Develop an in-depth awareness of new tools, processes and technical developments relevant to area of expertise.

Requirements Gathering (5%)
•    Contribute to the translation of business requirements into firm system requirements, ensuring that they are sufficiently comprehensive and detailed to support effective system development.
•    Provide input to the production of clear functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.).
•    Support business clients in defining 'testable' requirements.
•    Understand technical constraints of live application / product, support business clients in understanding any ‘requirement versus cost’ trade-offs.
Technical Development (Design, Build, Unit Test) (20%)
•    Contribute to the production of end-to-end system technical designs that involve applications / products within domain, collaborating with other internal and supplier teams as required.
•    Maintain end-to-end system design components, ensuring quality and integrity throughout the software development lifecycle.
•    Undertake impact assessment of change requests against applications / products within domain.
•    Produce component designs that are compatible with the end-to-end system design.
•    Review test strategies to guarantee the quality of the delivered software assist in the diagnosis of system problems encountered during testing.
•    Collaborate with other component design and build teams, ensuring that end-to-end system design is followed.
•    Deliver to all technical engineering quality standards / benchmarks.
•    Complete assignment work to budget, time and quality requirements. Document all work in accordance with agreed standards, and with re-use in mind.

Application Management (10%)
•    Participate in technical implementation planning, ensuring that the integrity of live operations will be maintained.
•    Support the handover of software into business-as-usual (BAU) operation, providing the relevant IT service teams with information and education relating to the system technology and function.
•    Assist in the resolution of live incidents and system problems as and when required.
•    Identify proactive remedial strategies to prevent future software problems and to improve the quality of delivered software.

Project Management (35%)
•    Provide input to the technical development approach of a project, balancing cost, time, quality and risk.
•    Assist in the identification, management and resolution of any software-related Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAIDs).
•    Assist project manager(s) in controlling projects and reporting progress, providing input from a technology perspective. Make decisions within general technical / industry guidelines.

Supplier Management (5%)
•    Ensure that software suppliers are provided with necessary technical support relating to Barclays systems, technologies, strategies and standards, to enable the supplier to successfully undertake their assignment.
•    Review supplier software deliverables ensuring that they meet the necessary standards and contractual agreements.

Team Leadership and Staff development (10%)
•    Understand emerging software development methods, tools and standards and look for ways to apply as appropriate.
•    Identify own development needs and proactively drive development of own capability, using all available means, to achieve world class standards

What we’re looking for:

•    Degree or equivalent level qualification
•    End to End designing, solutioning and delivering the change and new initiative.
•    Good logical reasoning, problem solving, performance tuning and decision making Skills
•    In-depth knowledge and extensive experience (15+ years) of Core Java, J2EE design and development work on large-scale banking applications along with Cloud expertise.
•    Strong understanding of OO Designing and Programming Techniques and associated concepts, Data Modeling, Design Patterns
•    In-depth knowledge and extensive experience of Springboot, Spring, Javascript, JDBC and SQL (preferably Oracle)
•    Good working knowledge and hands-on experience of application and web servers.
•    Knowledge of Linux or other UNIX-based systems
•    Good working knowledge and hands-on experience of workflow application and business rules engine like JBPM.
•    Strong grip on developing API’s using REST and UI development using Anjular/React JS
•    Effective Leadership skills and able to mentor the team.
•    Effective and Efficient stakeholder management.

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Good knowledge on SQL database and have experience in implementing CI/CD pipeline.
•    Good knowledge of CI/ CD pipeline.
•    Good knowledge of automated deployment process
•    Good Knowledge of Banking Domain.

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.