AI Software Engineer

Join us as an AI Software Engineer. In this role you will be responsible for the design, development and improvement of software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

To be successful in the role of an AI Software Engineer you should have:

• Experience of Strategic Technical Leadership
• Experience of Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management
• Experience of Advanced Software Architecture

Some other highly valued skills include but are not limited to:

• Experience in Large-Scale Legacy Enterprise Transformations
• Experience in Open-Source Contribution
• Executive Communication Skills

You may be assessed on the 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.

This role is based in Glasgow, Knutsford, or Manchester.

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 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, participation in code reviews, and promotion of 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.

• 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 enforce policy compliance.
• Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counseling employees on performance and contributing to pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence operations of a department, aligning strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short- and long-term goals, and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are:
  Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• Act as a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction. Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organisational risks, and strategic decisions.
• 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, supporting 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 business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to stay up to speed with business activity and 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 to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.