Senior Market Connectivity Software Engineer – VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Market Connectivity Software Engineer – VP  Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. You will join a cross-asset engineering team responsible for developing Exchange Connectivity applications supporting multiple business areas. These applications are built on a distributed Java platform designed to deliver low-latency, high-throughput message processing.

The role sits within a regionally distributed development team delivering both technical and business-driven solutions, with close collaboration across global teams including London and Prague.

To be successful as a Senior Market Connectivity Software Engineer – VP, you should have experience with:

• Developing low-latency trading applications using Core Java and/or C++ in Linux environments

• Multithreading, memory management, caching, networking, distributed systems, and performance-oriented system design

• Financial systems supporting trading, risk, middle office, or related services, with exposure to client or market connectivity and order management preferred

• Mentoring and guiding junior engineers within a collaborative development environment

• Communicating effectively with technical and business stakeholders across region

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of financial messaging protocols such as FIX, OUCH, or Millennium

• Experience with network engineering or platform engineering concepts

• Familiarity with cloud platforms and container technologies

• Exposure to ML or AI tools within engineering environments

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

This role is located in our New York, NY office.

Minimum Salary: $170,000

Maximum Salary: $230,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

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 elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, while balancing short and long-term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment…