VP - CATS Pune Lead
Barclays · Posted Nov 3
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is a global bank, and this role sits in its Pune technology organisation, which designs, develops and improves software that provides business, platform and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues. The VP CATS Pune Lead is a hands-on engineering leadership role focused on modernising legacy Java applications into low-latency, high-throughput, scalable systems using Spring Boot, Kafka/Solace messaging, Docker and Kubernetes. The role also covers setting technical strategy, driving code quality and secure coding standards, unit testing practices, and collaborating with product, design and engineering stakeholders.
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.
- 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.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Demonstrated expertise in core Java concepts including multi-threading, garbage collection, data structures, and object-oriented programming principles.
- Proven track record in developing low-latency, high-throughput applications with optimized performance through advanced memory management, thread optimization, and strategic data structure implementation.
- Proven ability to rapidly analyze and comprehend legacy application codebases with minimal guidance.
- Skilled in architecting modernized solutions leveraging industry-standard design patterns and best practices to enhance maintainability and scalability.
- Proficient in Spring Boot development with comprehensive understanding of Spring Core principles and dependency injection patterns.
- Hands-on experience with JMS and enterprise messaging platforms, including Solace and Kafka, for building robust asynchronous communication systems.
- Strong proficiency in containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and build automation tools (Gradle, Maven).
- Solid command-line proficiency with Unix-based systems and shell scripting capabilities.
- Strong proficiency with Python based API's and scripting capabilities.
Preferred qualifications
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with product managers, designers, and engineering teams to establish technical requirements, architect scalable solutions, and ensure alignment with strategic business objectives.
- Actively engage in peer code reviews, champion best practices, and cultivate a collaborative environment that prioritizes code excellence and continuous learning.
- Maintain current knowledge of emerging technologies and industry trends while contributing to internal technical communities to drive innovation and professional development.
- Apply secure coding standards and practices to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, safeguard sensitive data, and deliver robust, security-compliant solutions.
- Design and implement comprehensive unit testing strategies to ensure code maintainability, readability, and reliability across all deliverables.
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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