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Principal Software Engineer

India, Pune · Job Posted April 16, 2026
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Join us as a Principal Software Engineer. At Barclays, innovation isn’t just encouraged; it’s expected. You will be required to have an experience in SOLD Simplification. It is a multiyear initiative to make the platform compliant to most valuable environment, hardware refresh and removing redundant functionalities. You will be required to lead the overall engineering & development of this initiative. You will be an Engineering Lead and required to coordinate & support requirement Discovery, initiative & delivery planning, roadmap and stakeholder management.

Job Responsibility

  • Drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions
  • Provide mentorship to engineering teams
  • Foster cross-functional collaboration
  • Contribute to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives
  • Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams
  • Contribution to strategic planning
  • Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions
  • Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers
  • Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders
  • Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices

Requirements

  • Experience in SOLD Simplification
  • Proficient in Java/J2EE tech stack
  • Expertise in Agile Software development methodology
  • Good hands-on designing and development using SOLID Design principles
  • Exposure to new age tech-stack like Spring AI
  • Hands on experience on software development consisting of the following languages and technologies-Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Angular CLI, React, CSS, CSS pre-processors & Node.js
  • Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills
  • Exposure of migrating legacy platforms to modern stack

Nice to have

  • Java 21, good experience in Core Java, multi-threading processing
  • RESTful API, Spring Batch, Microservices Architecture
  • Good experience in Database queries and Unix commands
  • Build and Deployment tools (CI/CD, Jenkins, Team-city)
  • Understanding of JIRA and Confluence process

What we offer

  • Competitive holiday allowance
  • Life assurance
  • Private medical care
  • Pension contribution
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