AVP - Java + AWS Engineer
Barclays · Posted Nov 4
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is evolving its digital landscape and the team delivers technology stacks for business, platform, and customer capabilities. The role is a Java and AWS engineering position focused on large-scale applications, microservices, React.js, CI/CD, and cloud architecture. The engineer will design, develop, and improve software while collaborating with engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders and adhering to secure coding and unit testing practices.
What you will do
- To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
- 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.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Design, develop, and maintain large-scale applications using Java, Springboot, React.js, microservices and CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop unit tests to ensure high code quality and maturity metrics.
- Implement scalable solutions using scaled agile methodologies.
- Ensure seamless integration with various stakeholders' systems (business, tech, and product).
- AWS and experience in solving complex business issues.
- Automation and Infrastructure as Code (e.g CloudFormation or Terraform).
- Cloud Architecture and Design.
- Security Compliance.
- Demonstrable expertise designing and building with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM.
- Utilizing CI/CD tools, such as Jenkins, Bitbucket or GitLab in order to streamline delivery of new features and fixes.
- Knowledge of programming / scripting languages such as Bash, Powershell, Python or Java.
- Working knowledge of Linux, networking, routing & firewalls etc.
- You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical abilities.
- Ability to mentor and guide junior team members.
- Collaborative mindset with a focus on team success.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Barclays
Barclays is a British multinational universal bank that provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking, as well as wealth management services. Tracing its origins back to 1690 in London, the institution operates globally to serve millions of retail and institutional clients. The bank leverages cutting-edge technology and digital platforms to drive operational efficiency across its international network.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 93000+ employees
- Founded
- 1690
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Group Chief Executive
Group Finance Director
Group Chief Operating Officer
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