Senior Java Backend Engineer - AVP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Java Backend Engineer.  At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. You will be developing a number of applications in the Developer Tooling product within the Chief Technology Office product set. This will involve playing a part in architecture, design, development, deployment, maintenance, observation, and support of Developer Tooling applications from inception through to realized business value. The in house developed applications within Developer Tooling aim to provide the best possible development experience for Barclays developers, reducing toil and supercharging productivity in application development teams.

To be successful as a Senior Java Backend Engineer, you should:

• Have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field involving software/systems engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• High degree of fluency and practical recent experience developing backend software applications in Java and Spring Boot
• Knowledge and experience of using Docker for application containerization - building application images from Docker files and running Docker containers, management of images and tags in container registries
• Experience of deploying applications in one or more of these cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Experience with developing applications that contain a SQL database tier, ideally MS SQL and Postgres.

Other highly valued skills include:

• High degree of fluency and practical recent experience developing software applications in Go (Golang)

• Experience with hosting containerized applications on one or more of these orchestration platforms: Kubernetes, Redhat OpenShift, AWS ECS/Fargate/EKS.

• Solid grasp, technical skills, and proven experience of CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins or GitLab.

You may be assessed on the 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.

This role is located in Whippany, New Jersey.

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.