Job Description
Purpose of the role: To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross‑functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high‑quality solutions aligned with business objectives.
Accountabilities
Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long‑term viability and business objectives.
Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid‑level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skill set and capabilities of the organization.
Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.
Vice President Expectations
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 streamline policy breaches.
Define jobs and responsibilities; plan for departmental future needs and operations; counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions or changes.
Lead specialists to influence operations of a department, align with strategic and tactical priorities, balance short and long‑term goals and ensure budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
People Leaders Behaviours
- L – Listen and be authentic
- E – Energise and inspire
- A – Align across the enterprise
- D – Develop others
Individual Contributor Role
Subject matter expert within own discipline guiding technical direction.
Lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for additional specialisation to complete assignments.
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 the team does.
Collaborate with other areas of work to keep pace with business activity and strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Perform in‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes.
Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives using influencing and negotiating skills.
Barclays Values & Mindset
- Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
- Empower, Challenge and Drive
Technical Role: Senior Dev / Architect – Equity Finance
Join Barclays as an Equity Finance – Senior Dev / Architect and take a hands‑on leadership role in shaping the architecture of our Prime Brokerage and Capital Markets platforms.
You will design and build scalable, event‑driven trading systems using Java and Kafka, define cloud and container strategies with Docker and Kubernetes, and collaborate closely with managers and stakeholders.
This role suits a senior technologist who combines strong coding expertise with architectural vision, mentorship, and a focus on secure, high‑performance solutions.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Java and MSSQL
- Experience in data streaming (Kafka) and distributed event‑driven system design
- Design and build trading/lifecycle systems in Java using containers
- Knowledge of Securities Lending / Financing Business, especially the lifecycle of SBL
- Docker / Kubernetes build and deploy of systems
- Strong communication and ability to convey design and ideas to stakeholders
Additional Skills That May Be Valuable
- Knowledge of Securities Lending / Financing Business, lifecycle of SBL
- Docker / Kubernetes expertise
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
Location
This role is based in London.
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