Mobile AVP Software Engineer
Barclays · Posted Nov 5
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is building a dedicated Mobile team focused on Android platforms to support growing demand for mobile customer experiences and accelerate delivery of digital initiatives. The role designs, develops and improves scalable Android software using Kotlin, Jetpack Compose and modern architecture patterns while collaborating cross-functionally with product managers, designers and engineers. The engineer will also drive code quality, secure coding and testing practices and help execute key digital transformation initiatives.
What you will do
- 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
- 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.
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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