Software Engineer

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 Software Engineer at Barclays, responsible for supporting the successful delivery of location strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

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

• Strong hands-on software development experience, preferably within banking, financial services, or other highly regulated enterprise environments.

• Deep experience with business process management platforms, especially IBM BPM v8.5.7 and IBM Business Automation Workflow.

• Strong understanding of IBM BPM / BAW architecture, class hierarchy, process applications, toolkits, snapshots, tracks, instance migration, and deployment lifecycle.

• Proven experience designing and delivering critical, complex IBM BPM / BAW applications with multiple modules, integrations, and business stakeholders.

• Hands-on experience with Agile delivery, application design, technical estimation, unit testing, code reviews, release planning, and engineering best practices.

• Own end-to-end solution design for IBM BAW applications, including process modelling, case management, human tasks, system tasks, coaches, services, integrations, exception handling, and operational monitoring.

• Act as technical lead for design decisions, architecture reviews, code quality, reusable toolkit strategy, engineering standards, and platform best practices.

• Guide engineers in designing scalable, maintainable, and reusable BAW components, avoiding known workflow anti-patterns and ensuring long-term supportability.

• Partner with product owners, business analysts, architects, operations teams, cybersecurity, risk, and compliance stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.

• Lead production issue triage, root-cause analysis, performance troubleshooting, incident remediation, and permanent fix implementation for business-critical workflows.

• Support upgrade, migration, and modernisation initiatives, including migration from legacy IBM BPM to IBM BAW, container-based deployment considerations, and alignment with enterprise platform roadmaps.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Client Lifecycle domain knowledge, including client onboarding, maintenance, off-boarding, KYC, case management, workflow orchestration, and operational controls.

• Experience implementing enterprise integrations using IBM BPM / BAW, including REST, SOAP, JMS / MQ, database integrations, external services, and asynchronous processing patterns.

• Strong knowledge of JavaScript, Java, Dojo or modern UI frameworks, coach views, custom coach views, HTML, CSS, AJAX, and responsive user interface design within BAW applications.

• Experience with WebSphere Application Server administration concepts, environment configuration, deployment pipelines, application monitoring, and platform-level troubleshooting.

• Working knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle, DB2, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL, including stored procedures, query tuning, and data modelling for workflow applications.

• Exposure to DevOps practices including source control, branching strategy, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, environment promotion, release governance, and rollback planning.

• Understanding of non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, resilience, observability, auditability, security, data protection, and regulatory compliance.

• Leadership and Stakeholder Expectations

• Provide technical leadership to a team of IBM BAW engineers, including mentoring, design guidance, peer reviews, and quality assurance.

• Communicate complex technical topics clearly to senior stakeholders, architects, business teams, and support teams.

• Drive engineering discipline across documentation, design traceability, testing evidence, operational readiness, and support handover.

• Challenge requirements constructively and recommend simpler, more reusable, and more sustainable workflow designs where appropriate.

• Take accountability for delivery outcomes, technical risks, dependency management, and production stability for assigned applications.

• Recommended Seniority Criteria

• Demonstrated ability to operate as a senior engineer, technical lead, or solution designer on complex enterprise workflow programmes.

• Experience working in regulated environments where auditability, access control, operational resilience, and change governance are critical.

• Ability to balance hands-on development with leadership responsibilities, stakeholder engagement, and production ownership.You may be assessed on 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.

This role is based out of Pune.