Mobile AVP Software Engineer
Barclays · Posted Oct 9
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is building a dedicated mobile team to support growing demand for mobile customer experiences and accelerate digital initiatives on Android. The role involves designing, developing, and improving software, building CI/CD pipelines and automated testing, and collaborating with product, UX, architecture, security, platform, and QA teams. It is based in Bengaluru and focuses on modern Android applications using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, and related Android technologies.
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.
- To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
- Build modern CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, security controls and release automation.
- Collaborate closely with Product Owner, UX Designer, Solution Architect, Security, Platform and QA teams to deliver integrated digital solutions.
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security, risk, governance and regulatory requirements.
- Support cross-platform initiatives through working knowledge of iOS development principles and mobile ecosystem standards.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Strong Android development experience with expert knowledge of Kotlin and experience supporting legacy Java codebases.
- Android SDK, Android Studio & Jetpack Components.
- Experience building modern Android applications using (XML and Jetpack Compose, Navigation Component and Compose Navigation, Architectural patterns (MVVM, MVP), Kotlin Coroutines and Flows and Dependency Injection (Hilt / Dagger)).
- Strong understanding of- Android lifecycle management, state handling and side-effect management, notifications and permissions.
- Experience with networking technologies such as Retrofit and OkHttp.
- Strong knowledge of- Gradle, Modularisation strategies, Build optimisation.
- Experience with automated testing using (JUnit, Mockito and/or MockK, Compose UI Testing).
- Experience with: CI/CD pipelines, ideally Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub, Snyk
- GitFlow and Trunk-Based Development
- Android App Bundles (AABs) and release processes
- Monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog, Firebase, or similar tools.
- Strong understanding of application architecture, dependency management, and maintainable code design.
- Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in Android mobile development.
Preferred qualifications
- 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.
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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