Job Description

Job title: Engineering Lead
Location: Pune

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly
We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers\xe2\x80\x99 and clients\xe2\x80\x99 needs. Whether you have family commitments or you\xe2\x80\x99re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.

BUK & BX \xe2\x80\x93 All locations

We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We\xe2\x80\x99re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances These requests will be reviewed and agreed for a period of time i.e., will have a start and end date.
Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:

• To lead the software design of the Barclays API Platforms, across the Solutioning, High Level and detailed design, build and unit test phases of the lifecycle for our Cloud initiatives like Tyk on AWS.
• To maintain an in-depth technical understanding of the Platform and supporting applications / products, being recognised as the \xe2\x80\x98go to\xe2\x80\x99 contact for technical queries, Project Support.
• To ensure that the technical integrity and quality of the API Platforms are maintained across their lifetime, leading aspects of Design and contributing to the development of any technical changes being proposed.
• To provide platform-specific knowledge and technical expertise to assist in the definition of technical strategies or business solutions.

What will you be doing?
Technical Consultancy

• Provide technical consultancy for new initiatives, to assist in the definition of business solutions or technical strategies.
• Acts as a trusted adviser to project teams to interpret the API Strategy and understand the API Platform technologies
• Provide input, contribute and review Architecture Visions and High Level designs for projects using the API Platforms
• Provide estimates for engineering work in the production of Advice and Guidance (A&G) documents and project Plan and Estimates (P&Es).
• Solve unique and complex technical problems with broad impact on the business unit as a whole.
• Provide full and detailed analysis, insightful commentary and recommendations for technical action as appropriate.
• Develop a broad awareness of new tools, processes and technical developments relevant to component area of expertise, and seek opportunities to apply them.
• To aid in the definition of product strategy and Roadmaps.

Requirements Gathering

• Liaise with business clients to help shape initial ideas into firm system requirements, ensuring that they are sufficiently comprehensive and detailed to support effective system development.
• Present complex technical ideas (both written and verbal), anticipate potential objections and persuade others to adopt the most appropriate view.
• Establish an end-to-end view and capture all key requirements. Establish clear functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.).
• Ensure that all requirements are \'testable\' and agree test strategy with business and test team lead.
• Understand technical constraints of live environment / architecture, support business clients in understanding any \xe2\x80\x98requirement versus cost\xe2\x80\x99 trade-offs.

Technical Design and Development (Design, Build, Unit Test)

• Produce Detailed design artefacts such as word document, confluence pages, visio diagrams
• Understand the various phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Work with the API Build teams to ensure API Management principles are considered and adopted
• Undertake impact assessment of change requests against the API Portals and Platforms.
• Review component designs to ensure compatibility with the end-to-end platform design.
• Review test strategies to guarantee the quality of the delivered changes; assist in the diagnosis of system problems encountered during testing.
• Collaborate with other component design and build teams, ensuring that end-to-end system design is followed.
• Ensure that technical engineering quality standards / benchmarks are met, taking remedial action where there are quality shortfalls.
• Complete technically-complex assignment work to budget, time and quality requirements. Document all work in accordance with agreed standards, and with re-use in mind.
• Where system development is part of a wider set of interdependent systems changes, collaborate with the Systems Designers from the other areas to ensure end-to-end technical integrity of the development, leading this collaboration when required.

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for:

• Strong level of experience of IT software development (essential)
• Hands-on experience with Cloud setup in Barclays context.
• Good understanding of gateway products \xe2\x80\x93 Akana, Tyk, Service Mesh

• Bachelors/Masters of Engineering degree

Skills that will help you in the role :

• Financial services, investment management/banking (preferred)
• Broad knowledge of Barclays Group(beneficial)
• BE degree in relevant software engineering discipline.
• Formal qualification in area of specialism, e.g. Sun Java certification (beneficial).

Where will you be working?
Pune

Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more \xe2\x80\x93 as a professional, and as a person. \xe2\x80\x98Be More @ Barclays\xe2\x80\x99 represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It\xe2\x80\x99s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone\'s contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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