Vice President Full Stack Developer

Embark on a transformative journey as a Vice President Full Stack Developer.

At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to shape and enhance one of Barclays' most business-critical trading platforms. Working closely with front-office stakeholders, you will design and deliver high-performance solutions that directly support revenue generation, drive client growth, and influence business outcomes. The role provides significant exposure, end-to-end ownership, and the chance to make a measurable impact from day one. As a key member of the engineering team, you will leverage deep expertise in UI performance optimization, including efficient state management, real-time data streaming, rendering optimization, and the ability to process and visualize hundreds of thousands of transactions with ultra-low latency.

You will also champion engineering excellence through automation, implementing comprehensive test strategies, CI/CD best practices, and quality engineering principles to enable the rapid, reliable, and frequent delivery of high-quality features.

To be successful as a Vice President Full Stack Developer, you should have:

• Expertise in Angular, Type Script, and modern web technologies, with a proven ability to build highly responsive, scalable, and intuitive front-office applications that deliver exceptional user experiences in demanding trading environments

• Ample full-stack development experience with Java and the Spring ecosystem, designing and delivering scalable, resilient, and low-latency solutions that support high-volume, real-time trading workflows and business-critical operations

• Deep expertise in UI performance engineering, including advanced state management, real-time data streaming, rendering optimization, and the ability to process, visualize, and manage hundreds of thousands of transactions with minimal latency and maximum reliability

• Considerable understanding of real-time messaging and event-driven architectures, including technologies such as Web Socket, Kafka, and Solace, with hands-on experience building highly responsive applications that consume, process, and visualize live market data. Proven ability to design and integrate RESTful APIs, with a focus on performance, scalability, security, and interoperability across distributed systems

• Passion for engineering excellence and automation, driving quality through comprehensive test automation, CI/CD best practices, and modern software engineering principles to enable the rapid, reliable, and continuous delivery of high-quality products and features

Other highly valued skills include:

• Experience leveraging AI-assisted software development tools such as Git Hub Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or similar technologies to enhance engineering productivity, accelerate delivery cycles, improve code quality, and streamline testing, documentation, and development workflows

• Hands-on experience with AG Grid or comparable enterprise-grade data grid frameworks, including advanced customization, management of large-scale datasets, real-time market data visualization, and performance optimization in high-volume, low-latency environments

• Knowledge of electronic trading platforms and capital markets, with an understanding of equities, derivatives, and related trading workflows. Familiarity with the needs of Traders, Sales, Client Service, and Run-the-Bank (RTB) teams operating in fast-paced front-office environments is highly desirable

• Proven ability to partner closely with Traders, Sales, Client Service, Product, and Engineering stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into intuitive, highly tailored user experiences, delivering innovative solutions at pace while maintaining a considerable focus on usability and performance

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 Whippany, NJ 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.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

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