Software Engineer

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues

• 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
• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies
• manage and maintain policies/ processes
• deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction
• They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments
• They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions
• 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
• They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive

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