VP – Banker Console Full Stack/Java Lead
Barclays · Posted Oct 5
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is hiring a VP – Banker Console Full Stack/Java Lead to drive the evolution of infrastructure and deployment pipelines and deliver robust, scalable and secure digital solutions for the bank. The role sits within a Banking IT engineering function focused on Java application development, modernization, AI-assisted engineering tooling, DevOps and CI/CD, and enterprise platform delivery. The successful candidate will lead large-scale banking applications, technology debt remediation, vulnerability management and engineering governance, while collaborating cross-functionally and adhering to secure coding and unit testing practices.
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.
- To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
- Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
- If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
- They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
- Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
- Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
- In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
- Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Extensive hands-on experience in Java application development, application architecture, modernization, and enterprise platform delivery.
- Proven experience leading large-scale Banking IT applications, technology debt remediation, vulnerability management, production support, and engineering governance in a regulated environment.
- Strong expertise in AI-assisted software engineering tools such as Claude Code, developer productivity tooling, DevOps, CI/CD practices, and modern software development methodologies, with the ability to drive engineering excellence across teams.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Salesforce CRM integration, API-led architecture, microservices, and full-stack application development.
- Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, automation frameworks, infrastructure as code, release management, and platform observability.
- Experience leading modernization programs, SRA/control remediation, regulatory compliance initiatives, and engineering transformation programs within Banking or Financial Services.
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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