Software Engineer (SWE) - Digital Assets

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

About The Position

This role is focused on developing and evolving the bank's technology architecture through relevant solutions, strategies, and execution plans aligned with business and technology objectives. It involves the development, evolution, and adoption of foundational platforms and products, specifically leading the architecture and engineering of Barclays’ Digital Asset Platform and driving it to production. The position requires leading the design and build of Barclays’ next-generation Digital Asset Platform, defining its architecture, engineering, and delivery at scale. The role involves end-to-end ownership of platform architecture and development execution, shaping the design, build, and integration of tokenization, wallets, and real-time settlement capabilities across Barclays. This is an opportunity to influence both strategy and hands-on delivery of a foundational platform for the future of digital money at Barclays. The role operates within a foundational Digital Asset Platform team, responsible for designing and delivering a reusable, enterprise-wide platform supporting token lifecycle, wallet services, and on-chain movement of value. It requires operating at the center of a cross-functional build organization, working daily with solution architects, engineers, product owners, and DevOps teams to drive architecture into production. The role includes owning the design and execution of a multi-network, multi-asset platform, enabling interoperability across networks, tokenized assets, and banking rails, and leading architecture for live use cases such as tokenized deposits, securities, and future client-facing solutions. The position requires acting as a hands-on architecture leader, setting standards while actively coaching build teams, design decisions, and trade-offs across the delivery lifecycle.

Requirements

Strong appreciation for security, risk, compliance, and control frameworks within regulated technology environments.
Deep expertise in Digital Asset platforms, including tokenisation, wallets/custody, smart contract integration, and interoperability patterns.
Hands‑on experience with L1s, L2s, smart contracts, onchain compliance, cryptographic services (HSM, MPC, etc), and interoperability frameworks at regulated financial institution.
Confident leading end-to-end platform design and development, including APIs, orchestration layers, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
Confident using AI-enabled tooling to accelerate architecture design, optimise delivery productivity, and proactively identify and manage platform and delivery risks.

Responsibilities

Development, evolution and implementation of the banks technology architecture and strategies aligned to the business and technology objectives, unlocking execution and run.
Collaboration with stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture teams and other developers to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to foster continuous improvement, and clients to understand and deliver on their technical needs.
Motivation and leadership of a diverse collection of technologists, business and operations teams and enterprise leaders, with goal to align business & technology strategy & standards, identifying opportunities and connecting people.
Assessment of new technologies to address current and future business needs, through a combination of curiosity and problem-solving skills.
Determination of the optimal solutions while balancing continuous requirements imposed by compliance, governance, security and funding, through deep understanding of the business and customer outcomes and maintaining a strong and steady grasp on the underlying technologies.
Monitoring and analysis of the performance, resiliency and stability of applications to identify and resolve issues and communicate and document key findings to stakeholders.
Compliance with applicable regulatory standards and identification of industry developments that may impact the banks operations and controls to enhance the banks application portfolio.
Support of engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share and grow knowledge.
Lead the architecture and engineering of Barclays’ Digital Asset Platform and drive it to production.
Lead the design and build of Barclays’ next-generation Digital Asset Platform, defining not just what we architect, but how we engineer and deliver it at scale.
Drive end-to-end ownership of platform architecture and development execution, shaping how tokenisation, wallets, and real-time settlement capabilities are designed, built, and integrated across Barclays.
Lead within a foundational Digital Asset Platform team, responsible for designing and delivering a reusable, enterprise-wide platform supporting token lifecycle, wallet services, and onchain movement of value.
Operate at the center of a cross-functional build organisation, working daily with solution architects, engineers, product owners, and DevOps teams to drive architecture into production.
Own the design and execution of a multi-network, multi-asset platform, enabling interoperability across networks, tokenized assets, and banking rails.
Lead architecture for live use cases, including tokenized deposits, securities, and future client-facing solutions.
Act as a hands-on architecture leader, setting standards while actively coaching build teams, design decisions, and trade-offs across the delivery lifecycle.