Senior Full Stack Developer – AVP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Full Stack Developer – AVP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you’ll play an end-to-end part in designing and building a best-in-class platform that supports critical securitized products and trading workflows. You’ll partner closely with business and technology leaders, work across a modern full-stack, and deliver resilient, high-performance solutions in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment where your contributions directly influence engineering standards and platform evolution.

To be successful as a Senior Full Stack Developer – AVP, you should have experience with:

• Java engineering skills building efficient, resilient, high-throughput systems using object-oriented design principles
• Front-end development using Angular (2+) or React, translating business workflows into intuitive, high-performance UI components
• Designing and delivering RESTful APIs and/or GraphQL services using Spring Boot
• SQL and database development across Oracle and NoSQL platforms (e.g. MongoDB)
• Modern engineering practices including Git, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Microservices and cloud-native architectures using Kubernetes in Azure and/or AWS
• Distributed messaging and caching technologies such as Solace, Kafka, Ignite, or GridGain
• Containerized development using Docker
• Experience working in investment banking environments, particularly front-office or real-time trading systems

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

This role is located in Whippany, New Jersey.

Minimum Salary: $120,000

Maximum Salary: $175,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award

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

• 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.