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.

Analyst Expectations

• 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.

Join us as a Software Engineer at Barclays, where you'll take part in the transformation of our digital ecosystem in the Mortgages domain, promoting innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experience.

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

• Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for building RESTful, production‑grade backend services and microservices.
• Proficiency in Spring ecosystem components such as Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Security, and Spring Cloud.
• Experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs, including contract‑first or OpenAPI‑driven development.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture, service communication, error handling, resilience patterns, and API versioning.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services, such as:
  • Compute & integration: AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, EC2.
  • Networking & security: VPC, IAM, Security Groups.
  • Storage & messaging: S3, SQS, SNS, EventBridge.
• Experience with cloud-native application design, scalability, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB) and data access patterns.
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git, Stash/SVN) and collaborative development workflows.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and deployment practices.
• Experience working within Agile / Scrum delivery teams.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Strong skills in performance tuning, debugging, and root cause analysis in distributed systems.
• Understanding of security best practices, authentication/authorization, and secure API design.
• Experience with testing strategies including unit, integration, and contract testing.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures and asynchronous processing.
• Awareness of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, ELK, OpenTelemetry, etc.).
• Understanding of software design patterns and clean architecture principles.
• Aware/Knowledge of AI models and Prompts Engineering.

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.

The role is based out of Pune.