Software Engineer

Job Description

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

• 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.

Join us as a Software Engineer at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. To be successful as a Software Engineer you should have experience with:

• Experience in Java development with strong understanding of Object Oriented Design using Java and Experience in Java 1.8, strong working experience in Java/JEE, Spring boot, Agile & DevOps enabled projects and design skills.
• Strong experience in Java/J2ee, Spring Framework, Middle-ware development, Java 8 features
• experience building application over AWS cloud using AWS cloud native services like Step Function, Lambda, AWS SDK, AWS CLI, Dynamo DB, AWS Serverless., ECS, Terraform
• Hands on experience on developing REST API.
• Working knowledge of Enterprise tools like Kibana, Jira, Confluence, AppDynamics, Bitbucket.
• Exposure to DevOps - Jenkins, Gradle, Maven, GitHub, Bitbucket, Openshift
• Strong technical background with detail driven and excellent problem solving abilities Presentation skills and aptitude to learn tools/apps/processes/domains.
• Ability to articulate thoughts spoken/written with teams and do proper status reporting and estimations.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Hands-on experience in delivering end to end value addition.
• Stakeholder management
• Good technical plus ability to drive technical discussion and decision.
• Mentoring and directing the team.

This role is based out of Pune.