Senior Software Engineer

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

8d•$189,592 - $195,000•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to design, develop, and improve software, utilizing various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. This involves building reusable components for real-time integration of reference data into trade processing, driving end-to-end project delivery, understanding financial domain-based system design, and automating business processes to support regulatory requirements. The role also includes designing modular services and RESTful APIs, deploying and scaling services on AWS, and implementing automated deployment pipelines for high-availability systems.

Requirements

Senior Software Engineer
Utilising various engineering methodologies
Industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools
Scalable, maintainable, and optimized code for performance
Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers
Collaboration with peers
Code reviews
Secure coding practices
Effective unit testing practices
Build re-usable components using well structured, high quality and performing code for real-time integration of reference data (counterparty, client, account, and book) into trade processing, ensuring seamless data flow across systems.
Drive end-to-end project delivery—managing timelines, guiding a small team through iterative development cycles, conducting thorough code reviews, and mentoring junior developers.
Understand Financial domain-based System design and is able to extend system architecture and Automate business process ensuring that these systems support stringent regulatory requirements and audit trails.
Identifies and escalates issues and risks in a timely manner to the development/project manager so that project risk can be mitigated with minimal impact.
Design and propose module to Tech Forums with well-defined timelines.
Leverage MongoDB and SQL databases to manage unstructured trade data and generate reports for regulatory compliance.
Design modular services and RESTful APIs to support trade lifecycle events, including data enrichment and reconciliation of reference data.
Deploy and scale services on AWS (EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch) to ensure availability and monitoring of reference data systems in a cloud environment.
Implement automated deployment pipelines and maintain high-availability systems to support mission-critical financial operations.

Nice To Haves

Advise and influence decision making
Contribute to policy development
Take responsibility for operational effectiveness
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions
Lead a team performing complex tasks
Set objectives and coach employees
Appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments
Identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
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.
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

Responsibilities

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.
Build re-usable components using well structured, high quality and performing code for real-time integration of reference data (counterparty, client, account, and book) into trade processing, ensuring seamless data flow across systems.
Drive end-to-end project delivery—managing timelines, guiding a small team through iterative development cycles, conducting thorough code reviews, and mentoring junior developers.
Understand Financial domain-based System design and is able to extend system architecture and Automate business process ensuring that these systems support stringent regulatory requirements and audit trails.
Identifies and escalates issues and risks in a timely manner to the development/project manager so that project risk can be mitigated with minimal impact.
Design and propose module to Tech Forums with well-defined timelines.
Leverage MongoDB and SQL databases to manage unstructured trade data and generate reports for regulatory compliance.
Design modular services and RESTful APIs to support trade lifecycle events, including data enrichment and reconciliation of reference data.
Deploy and scale services on AWS (EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch) to ensure availability and monitoring of reference data systems in a cloud environment.
Implement automated deployment pipelines and maintain high-availability systems to support mission-critical financial operations.