Software Engineer

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.

Join us at Barclays as a Software Engineer, where you ll design, develop, and enhance software that delivers key business and technology capabilities across our organisation. In this role, you ll help build a new strategic UI using standard design libraries and accessibility principles, creating reusable components that support future platform enhancements.

To be successful as a Software Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Comprehensive understanding of API and Microservice (REST and /or gRPC) design patterns backed up by experience delivering and running the services you have built in production.
• A track record of building enterprise-scale applications using Java and Spring Boot frameworks.
• Experience building event-driven services using Kafka or similar technologies.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Banking or regulated financial services technology experience.
• Experience in working with geographically dispersed cross functional teams.
• Experience identifying, analysing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.