Software Engineering Lead

Join Barclays as a Software Engineering Lead in the Applied Innovation Engineering team, where you'll be responsible for educating and upskilling a thriving developer community while building out innovative products and platforms. This highly technical and people‑focused position requires a strong engineering background coupled with exceptional communication skills to engage with developers at all levels. You will shape the future of engineering within Barclays by promoting best practices and building a culture of continuous improvement.

• Technical Expertise:
  Proficiency in modern development practices, including CI/CD and Dev Ops. Expertise in major programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Go.
• Content Creation & Knowledge Sharing:
  Ability to create technical articles/tutorials, example code, and lead workshops to promote learning and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Mindset & Approach: A passion for teaching and mentoring, with a strong ability to balance strategic thinking and hands‑on execution.
• Experience with modern technology stacks that include GenAI, Agentic, Cloud compute, and UI development.

• Developer Education & Enablement:
  Experience designing and delivering large‑scale technical workshops and creating learning materials for developers.
• Community Building & Engagement:
  Proven track record in organizing developer‑focused events and engaging with internal developer communities.
• Communication & Leadership:
  Proven experience in public speaking, presenting complex ideas in a clear manner, and strong technical writing skills.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology focus, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role is based in Glasgow.

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 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.
• Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing 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 elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• When managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead a number of specialists to influence the operation of a department, aligning with 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 for a people leader:
  Listening and being authentic, Energising and inspiring, Aligning across the enterprise, and Developing others.
• As an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert within the discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, and coach less experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional…