Engineering Lead, Systems Engineer

Overview

Join Barclays as an Engineering Lead, where you will support the Service Mesh team in delivering and releasing APIs. You will be responsible for CI/CD pipelines, driving Dev Ops practices, and working extensively with AWS. The role requires a strong understanding of modular design, hands-on technical leadership, and effective cross-team coordination. You will help establish best practices, mentor team members, and ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality, scalable solutions.

• 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.

• Containerisation (Docker & Kubernetes)
• Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Automation to build and configure infrastructure (IaC, Terraform, Service Catalog, or Ansible, etc.)
• Dev Ops (CI/CD/IaC, Tool chains, Jenkins, etc.)
• Operating Systems (Linux or Unix)
• Scripting Languages (Python, Power Shell, or Bash)

• Problem-Solving skills
• Communication skills
• Teamwork
• Analytical skills
• Attention to detail
• Incident Management
• Problem Management
• Root Cause Analysis

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

This role is based in Knutsford and 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 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.
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