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
- Develop and deliver high quality software solutions using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
- Ensure that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimised for performance.
- Collaborate cross functionally with product managers, designers and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies and ensure seamless integration with business objectives.
- Participate in peer code reviews and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
- Stay informed of industry technology trends and actively contribute to the organisation's technology communities to foster technical excellence and growth.
- Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data and deliver secure software solutions.
- Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability and reliability.
Expectations / Leadership Responsibilities
- Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and operational effectiveness.
- Collaborate closely with other functions and business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the business.
- Set objectives, coach employees in pursuit of objectives, appraise performance and determine reward outcomes.
- Demonstrate the four LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.
- For individual contributors: lead collaborative assignments, guide team members, identify the need for other specialisations and identify new directions for projects.
- Consult on complex issues and provide advice to People Leaders to support escalated issue resolution.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop policies or procedures to support control and governance agendas.
- Take ownership of managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work performed.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information and influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Values & Mindset
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Senior Java Developer - Role Overview
Join our dynamic Technology team as a Senior Java Developer and play a key role in shaping the future of financial crime prevention through the transformative Integrated Financial Crime (IFC) Program. This multiyear, group wide effort aims to strengthen regulatory compliance, deliver a more seamless client experience through unified technology platforms, and drive operational efficiency through modern engineering practices and innovative solutions.
We are seeking a Senior Java Developer with a keen interest in progressing towards architecture. You will bring practical, hands on technical experience combined with a forward looking approach to system design, contributing to long term, meaningful improvements across our technology landscape.
Technical Skills & Experience
- Solid experience in backend development, including building dynamic, responsive and reusable components; hands on work on Enterprise Case lifecycle applications and backend development using the Java technology stack.
- Well developed backend engineering capability, covering the design and delivery of RESTful APIs and microservices using Java Spring Boot, with practical knowledge of Spring MVC, Spring Security and Spring Data; experience creating cloud native Java components on platforms such as OpenShift or AWS.
- Practical experience working with event driven architectures, including Kafka or other message brokers, and a background in developing core API services that can be reused across wider teams and systems.
- Basic understanding of Camunda BPM for workflow orchestration and process automation, and familiarity with BPMN2.0 for designing workflows.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of unit testing and integration testing frameworks (e.g., JUnit, Mockito, Jest, React Testing Library).
- Assessment may include key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills.
Location
The role will be based in Glasgow.