Senior Data Engineer - AVP

Barclays•Hanover Township, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to design, develop, and improve software, utilizing various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues. As a Senior Data Engineer - AVP at Barclays, you will embark on a transformative journey to redefine the future of banking and craft innovative solutions. This role involves building a greenfield data and intelligence platform for Equity Derivatives, influencing the architecture, tooling, and long-term strategy of a modern data ecosystem. You will partner with global engineering and business teams to deliver scalable analytics, real-time insights, and data-driven decision-making across the trading organization.

Requirements

Experience with Python for data engineering and services, including FastAPI, PySpark, Pydantic, and asyncio
Experience with Cloud platforms and data services across AWS such as EC2, ECS/Fargate, EMR, Glue, and S3
Experience with Data orchestration and workflow tools such as Airflow or Dagster
Experience with Modern data lake and storage ecosystems including Iceberg, Parquet, and data catalogs
Experience with Caching and performance optimization for production systems such as Redis

Nice To Haves

Experience with Databricks or Snowflake
Experience with Observability and monitoring platforms such as Grafana or Splunk
Experience with Streaming and messaging technologies such as Kafka
Knowledge of Java and Java Scripting

Responsibilities

Develop and deliver high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
Ensure that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
Collaborate 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.
Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
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 (if the position has leadership responsibilities).
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).
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours (Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others) to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard (if the position has leadership responsibilities).
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments (if an individual contributor).
Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes (if an individual contributor).
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, which 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.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.