Lead Data Engineer - Vice President

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To  lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.

Embark on a transformative journey as Lead Data Engineer - Vice President and shape the future of transforming the customer experience journey with the help of trade processing engineering team. Your role's purpose is to lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions. Your involves driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives. Your key accountabilities include effective team leadership, overseeing project timelines and risk management, mentoring team members, optimizing engineering processes, collaborating with stakeholders, and enforcing technology standards to ensure high-quality solutions.

To be successful as a Lead Data Engineer - Vice President, you should have experience with:

• In Depth Experience in Core Java and Spring
• Knowledge of bonds and swaps in the investment banking domain
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and source control tools
• In-depth Experience with Spring Boot and other Spring Frameworks such as Spring MVC, IOC, AOP, and Spring JDBC
• Multi-threading processing

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Java, API, Payments.Client onboarding and Data warehouse knowledge.
• Good experience in Database queries design and Unix commands
• Banking domain / Reg Reporting knowledge
• Problem solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and written/oral communications skills
• Understanding of JIRA and Confluence process
• Sound time management and organizational skills.

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

The location of the role is Pune, IN.