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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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 Service Risk Assessment Platform Engineer at Barclays where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions. 

To be successful as a Service Risk Assessment Platform Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Strong hands on experience developing web applications using Angular, Java/Python APIs

• Strong hands on experience with SQL programming and MS SQL Server

• Hands on experience working with OpenShift as hosting environment integrated with Gitlab CI/CD pipelines

• Hands on experience with automated unit testing frameworks integrated with SONAR

• Strong Problem solving skills and Stakeholder interaction abilities

• Good understanding of machine learning and Gen AI concepts

• Good understanding of best practices, solid principles and design patterns

Frontend Development (Angular)

• Angular (v14+ preferred)
• TypeScript
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• HTML5, CSS3, SCSS
• Angular Material
• RxJS
• State Management (NgRx)
• Responsive UI Design
• Single Page Application (SPA) development

Backend Development – Java

• Core Java (Java 11/17+)
• Spring Boot
• Spring MVC
• Spring Data JPA / Hibernate
• REST API Development
• Microservices Architecture
• Maven / Gradle
• Unit Testing (JUnit, Mockito)

Backend Development – Python

• Python 3.x
• FastAPI / Flask
• REST API Development
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Dependency Management (Poetry/Pip)

API & Integration

• REST APIs
• JSON
• OpenAPI / Swagger
• API Security (OAuth2, JWT)
• Postman

Database Skills

• SQL
• PostgreSQL / SQL Server
• Data Modelling
• Stored Procedures
• Query Optimization

DevOps & CI/CD

• Git
• GitLab
• GitLab CI/CD
• Jenkins
• SonarQube
• Code Quality & Secure Coding
• OpenShift hosting

Testing

• Automated Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Playwright / Cypress
• Test Automation
• TDD fundamentals

Software Engineering

• Agile / Scrum
• JIRA
• Design Patterns
• SDLC
• Code Reviews
• Problem Solving & Debugging

AI & Automation

• Python AI/ML libraries
• LangChain
• LLM Integration
• GitLab Duo
• Claude Code
• Copilot-assisted development

Data Engineering Exposure

• Pandas
• Spark
• ETL Concepts
• Data Pipelines

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience working with Postgre

• Experience building GenAI powered applications is huge plus (preferably Claude models)

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• AWS/Azure
• Kubernetes
• Docker

Advanced Architecture

• Event Driven Architecture
• Kafka
• MQ
• Distributed Systems
• Spec Driven Design (SDD)

Observability & SRE

• Splunk
• Dynatrace
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Application Monitoring
• Reliability Engineering principles

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The role is based out of Pune.