Senior Developer

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.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Embark on a transformative journey as part of the Enterprise Meta Data and Marketplace Team, where you’ll play a pivotal role in developing resilient, scalable, and reliable systems within the enterprise data domain. You will be a key contributor championing quality and performance for systems that power enterprise data adaption, AI enablement, analytics and reporting.

Working closely with Business Engagement Leads, Product Owners, Engineering teams and stakeholders across Barclays, you will help deliver high-performing solutions through agile delivery models. You will collaborate to understand the enterprise data requirements, propose and build solutions to business-critical problems.

EDP is accountable the core data centric platforms used by the business to run day to day function like MI, Analytics, Machine Learning and data integration etc using technology stack spanning Hadoop, AWS, Teradata, Ab Initio, Big Data Tech (Spark/Kafka etc) and more.

To be successful as a Senior Developer, you should have experience with:

• Design and develop end‑to‑end solutions in Python, AWS ecosystem to solve critical business problems.
• Specialist application developments to build complex business requirements and solve critical issues in batch and web applications built on Python and React JS.
• Develop solutions with full lifecycle implementation of technical components. Experience on devops and infrastructure deployments.
• Knowledge / Experience of Postgres DB, Document DB and AWS Services.
• Ensure all required deliverables are produced in a timely manner to a high specification adhering to Barclays standards with full documentation that will allow a successful transition at the end of the project to the support team.
• Provide innovative solutions to the business needs by delivering and assisting in managing all stages of a project including demonstrations, design, development and implementation.
• Consult with business/analysts on implementation and maintenance of Business Applications.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Banking / Enterprise data domain preferred.
• Hand on experience on AWS Cloud Services and automation.
• Web applications (REST / SOAP APIs).
• Microservices and containerized architecture.
• Databases: Postgres, AWS Document DB.
• Message queues (Kafka / MQ).
• CI/CD integration (Jenkins, Gitlab).
• Awareness of AWS and Azure environment.

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. 

The location of the role is Pune, IN.