Lead Full Stack Engineer

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

• 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.

Vice President Expectations

• 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 escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as 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 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Lead Full Stack Engineer at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be a successful Lead Full Stack Engineer, you should have experience with:

Technical Leadership & Solution Design

• Lead the design and development of complex, enterprise-scale applications across front-end, back-end, integration, and data layers.
• Define and promote engineering standards, coding practices, and architectural principles.
• Collaborate with Solution Architects and Technical Leads to ensure solutions are scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable.
• Drive technical decision-making and provide leadership on technology selection and implementation approaches.

End-to-End Software Engineering

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and support software solutions throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Deliver high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code leveraging modern engineering practices.
• Lead development of APIs, microservices, event-driven solutions, and cloud-native applications.
• Ensure operational stability through observability, monitoring, performance tuning, and production support.

Agile Delivery

• Participate in Agile delivery processes including PI Planning, Sprint Planning, Reviews, Retrospectives, and backlog refinement.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Support predictable delivery of business outcomes through effective estimation, planning, and execution.

Engineering Excellence

• Champion DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in software quality, security, and delivery efficiency.
• Promote engineering metrics and data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise architecture, risk, compliance, and security standards.

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and technical requirements.
• Communicate technical solutions and delivery risks effectively to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to governance forums and technical design reviews.

Talent Development & Mentoring

• Mentor engineers and provide technical coaching across product teams.
• Promote a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Support development of engineering capabilities and adoption of emerging technologies.

Essential

• Extensive experience in Full Stack Software Engineering within complex enterprise environments.
• Strong experience in back-end development using Java, Spring Boot and related technologies.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in Database Technologies - SQL and NoSQL (Oracle / Mongo)
• Experience with DevSecOps - PaaS Openshift / K8S, GitLab, JIRA, SonarQube, Prisma and Wiz, Maven or Gradle.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, automated testing, and software quality engineering.
• Experience with event-streaming technologies such as Kafka and Message Queues.
• Experience of Rapid Application Development using AI models like Claude, GitLab Duo
• Computer Science degree or equivalent understanding of Computer Science, Object Oriented Design and Data Structures.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience within Corporate Banking, Payments technology environments.

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