Join us as a Senior Java Software Engineer, where you will play a key role within our Markets Technology team, delivering innovative solutions that support Securities Lending, Liquidity Finance and Prime Brokerage businesses. Our team is responsible for building and enhancing strategic platforms that support efficient trade processing, collateral optimisation and client servicing across global markets.
This role offers the opportunity to design, develop and maintain high-performing, scalable applications that support critical business functions. You will work closely with business analysts, architects, testers and fellow engineers to deliver robust technology solutions, contribute to technical design discussions and support continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle.
Your knowledge and experience will help shape key technology priorities that improve operational efficiency, support business growth and strengthen Barclays' ability to serve clients in a changing market environment. This role provides the chance to work on business-critical systems, help guide technical direction and contribute to the delivery of innovative solutions across a global technology platform.
To be successful as a Senior Java Software Engineer, you must have the following essential skills:
- Experience designing and delivering scalable, high-performing applications using Java, Spring and SQL within large-scale enterprise environments.
- Knowledge of containerisation technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and experience using Kafka or equivalent messaging technologies to build resilient, secure and event-driven solutions across distributed systems.
- The ability to build effective relationships with business analysts, project managers, testers, architects and engineering teams, communicate technical concepts clearly to a range of audiences and use Unix command-line tools to support development, troubleshooting, deployment and operational activities.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Knowledge of Securities Lending, Liquidity Finance or Prime Brokerage, particularly the Securities Borrowing & Lending (SBL) trade lifecycle and collateral processes.
- Experience developing UI/Frontend applications using JavaScript.
- Experience working within large-scale financial services or capital markets environments.
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 will be based in Glasgow.
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.
Vice President Expectations
- To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
- If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
- 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 will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
- Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
- Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
- Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.
