Sr. Tech Lead – AWS

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

1d•$120,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

Embark on a transformative journey as a Sr. Tech Lead – AWS, where you will play a pivotal role in driving Barclays’ cloud modernization strategy and shaping the future of our core platforms. In this role, you will support the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions that accelerate innovation, enhance customer experiences, and enable enterprise-wide agility. You will have the unique opportunity to influence large-scale engineering decisions, work with technologies, and coach high-performing teams at the forefront of Barclays’ digital transformation.

Requirements

Java & Spring frameworks, with solid experience in micro-services architecture
AWS Cloud Services - MSK, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Networking concepts, Cloud Formation to design and deploy scalable applications
Messaging platforms and integrations - Kafka, Webhooks & events streaming
Deep understanding of enterprise system integrations - API, Events, Files, and business workflows

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing) using tools/frameworks like CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Telemetry or equivalent tools
AI enthusiast with an understanding of Agentic-AI fundamentals and frameworks
Exposure to the Financial domain, particularly Core Processors such as TSYS, FDR, FIS

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.
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.
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
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.