Senior Full Stack Developer

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer to join the UKCLO (UK Corporate Lending Origination) team within the Wholesale Lending transaction cycle. In this role, you will contribute to the modernisation of UKCLO platforms by replacing fragmented legacy processes with a streamlined, digital workflow. You will collaborate closely with multiple technology teams, product managers, and wider product stakeholders to ensure solutions are designed and delivered in alignment with the bank’s strategic objective.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience in:

• Back-end technologies
  - Java, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, Junit, Rest Assured, Micro Services, Mockito, TDD (test driven development) as well as front-end technologies
  - React JS, Redux, Axios, JavaScript, and HTML.
• RDBMS (MS SQL preferred), as well as aPaaS Openshift V4, Git Lab, Jenkins, JIRA, Sonar Qube and Veracode.
• NPM and Maven or Gradle.

• Computer Science degree or equivalent understanding of Computer Science, Object Oriented Design and Data Structures.
• Experience of working in an IT project environment preferably in banking or financial sector within an Agile model.
• Experience with message queue like Apache Kafka, IBM MQ, etc.

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 will be based out of our Knutsford office.

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 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…