Software Engineer BA4

What will you be doing?

Barclays Services Corp. seeks Software Engineer BA4 in Whippany, NJ (multiple positions available):

• End-to-end development, deployment, and maintenance of Barclays' Enterprise Security Master (ESM) system, ensuring it functions as the authoritative source of critical static reference data.

• Involvement in the entire software development life cycle (SDLC), from initial requirements gathering and technical analysis to design, implementation, and testing.

• Follow Agile methodologies to deliver incremental improvements, working closely with product owners and business analysts to prioritize and refine requirements.

• Design and develop robust data pipelines that process and hydrate financial instrument data from multiple vendor sources into ESM, utilizing a technical stack that includes Shell scripting, Perl, Java microservices, Restful webservices, message queues, Linux, and relational databases such as MSSQL and PostgreSQL.

• Conduct detailed data analysis and investigation to ensure the accuracy, consistency, and quality of reference data by collaborating with business stakeholders, data operations to address data quality issues, analyze requirements for regulatory changes and ensure compliance with evolving standards.

• Engagement with external vendors to source and integrate data into Barclays reference data systems, leveraging complex linking and merging logic to enrich financial instrument data and maintain the integrity.

• Deploy and maintain the application infrastructure. Utilize OpenShift for container orchestration, Docker for image management, and CI/CD tools such as TeamCity and GitLab to enable seamless application delivery.

• Collaborate with the Run-the-Bank (RTB) teams to resolve production issues, provide timely support and conduct root cause analysis to prevent recurrence.

Minimum Salary: $189,592 per year

Maximum Salary: $195,000 per year

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 a 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.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.