Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, DevOps

Join us at Barclays as a Software Engineer. Join our team to design, develop, and enhance innovative software solutions that empower our customers and colleagues. You'll apply modern engineering practices to build impactful business, platform, and technology capabilities.

To be successful as a Software Engineer, you should have experience with:

• Advanced knowledge, understanding and active hands‑on coding experience with Java (Spring boot, Rest APIs).
• Hands‑on experience in TDD (test‑driven deployment) and a deep understanding of shift‑left principles, including practical expertise across all testing levels.
• Strong experience in software code architecture, design patterns and engineering excellence best practices.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Delivering high‑quality software solutions with robust testing, adherence to coding standards, and full technical ownership.
• Providing technical leadership, including mentoring junior developers and conducting code reviews in alignment with strategic goals.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to develop solutions, troubleshoot issues, and define architectural guidelines and best practices.

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 has the option to work from either of the following locations:
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 by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimised 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 organisation’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 advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to 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: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance…