Barclays Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Join us as a Java Developer at Barclays where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting‑edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unrivalled customer experiences.
Qualifications
* Strong experience as a Java developer with core Java concepts, modern frameworks and best practices for building scalable, maintainable and high‑performance applications.
* Good technical acumen with the ability to quickly understand complex systems, troubleshoot issues and apply sound engineering principles to solve problems.
* Proactive learner who stays up to date with new technologies and continuously seeks to improve their skills and understanding.
Other Highly Valued Skills
* Proven ability to design and develop enterprise level software solutions using tools and techniques such as Source Control, Build Tools (e.g. Maven), TDD, Jenkins etc.
* Experience working in the Financial services domain.
* Experience mentoring other members of the team.
* Spring, Hibernate.
* User interface technologies: REACT, Typescript, HTML5, CSS, Javascript.
* JMS.
* ECS, Kubernetes, Docker.
* AWS development and deployment.
Responsibilities
* Development and delivery of high‑quality software solutions using industry‑aligned programming languages, frameworks and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable and optimised 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, participation in code reviews and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
* Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing 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
* Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
* Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well‑developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives, coach employees and appraise performance relative to objectives.
* Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
* For an individual contributor, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured tasks, identify the need for cross‑functional expertise and identify new directions for assignments or projects.
* Consult on complex issues; provide advice to People Leaders to support resolution of escalated issues.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop 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 closely related to other areas, requiring understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to organizational objectives.
* Collaborate with other areas of work, supporting business activities and strategy.
* Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information, including sensitive or difficult content, clearly to relevant audiences.
* 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, and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
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