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Join us as an Equities Valuations Software Engineer at Barclays, where you’ll be responsible for developing, enhancing and releasing innovative software solutions to support the valuation of equity instruments. You will collaborate with other teams, including Trading and Quants, to implement robust systems, ensuring accurate and efficient pricing models. You will also provide support to the business, as part of a 2nd line support rota, for the solutions the team develop. Your expertise in software engineering and financial markets will play a key role in optimising our equity trading platform, driving both performance and scalability.
Job Responsibility:
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.
Requirements:
Proficiency with Core Java and software development best practices
including OO design, collections, multithreading, automated testing, and code reviews.
Some knowledge of working with financial market products
equity derivatives preferred but not essential.
Demonstrated ownership and accountability in a team environment
including direct collaboration with other IT/business teams and second-line support as part of a cross-team support rota.
Nice to have:
Knowledge of messaging (e.g., JMS, IBM MQ) and container (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) technologies.
Experience working on pricing/risk platforms or other high volume/high performant systems.
Experience working in a global team using Agile methodologies with a focus on continuous improvement
including relevant code/work management tools (e.g., Git/Gitlab, Jira and Confluence).