Software Engineer - Full Stack

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 CDD Modernisation Programme, where you’ll play a pivotal role in designing, building, and evolving the next-generation client data and onboarding platform. You will be a key contributor driving the delivery of resilient, scalable, and high-quality software solutions that underpin critical KYC/AML and institutional client onboarding processes.

Working closely with Business Analysts, Solution Architects, QA, and Product teams, you will help deliver robust microservice-based applications through agile delivery models. You will collaborate to understand business requirements, translate them into well-engineered solutions, and interface with integration and platform teams to ensure seamless end-to-end system behaviour.

Leading the ongoing drive to modernise legacy systems and introduce cloud-native capabilities, you will champion clean code practices, design patterns, and a continuous-improvement mindset, ensuring that engineering quality is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle. Ensuring compliance with security standards, risk controls, and architectural governance will be a key responsibility.

To be successful as a Software Engineer - Full Stack, you should have experience with:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-quality Java-based backend services using Core Java concepts including Collections, Multi-Threading and Concurrency, Exception Handling, and JVM internals.
• Build and deliver production-grade Spring Boot applications; leverage Spring Batch for batch processing pipelines and Spring Integration for enterprise messaging and integration flows.
• Apply Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles to produce clean, testable, and maintainable code across all layers of the application.
• Write and optimise SQL queries; design and manage relational database schemas and work with ORM frameworks in a transactional environment.
• Architect, implement, and consume RESTful Web Services within a Microservice Architecture; apply appropriate Design Patterns (e.g. Circuit Breaker, Saga, CQRS, Repository) to solve integration and scalability challenges.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Institutional KYC / AML or Client Data Management domain preferred.
• Front-end development skills in Angular, React, or VueJS with proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript / TypeScript.
• Working knowledge of AWS Cloud fundamentals (EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS/SNS, IAM).
• Experience with Camunda BPM for workflow and process automation.
• Microservices deployment on containerised platforms (Docker, Kubernetes / ECS).
• CI/CD toolchain experience (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Maven/Gradle).
• Awareness of API gateway patterns and service mesh architectures.
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures using Kafka or equivalent message brokers.

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.