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Software Engineer

BarclaysNorthampton, Northamptonshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 22 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid Software Engineer role at Barclays offers a fantastic opportunity to build strategic UI components, develop enterprise-scale applications, and contribute to a leading financial institution. If you thrive on designing and enhancing software with a focus on reusable components and innovation, you'll find immense growth potential and a collaborative environment here. Apply today to join a team shaping the future of technology in finance.

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.

Join us at Barclays as a Software Engineer, where you'll design, develop, and enhance software that delivers key business and technology capabilities across our organisation. In this role, you'll help build a new strategic UI using standard design libraries and accessibility principles, creating reusable components that support future platform enhancements.

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

  • Comprehensive understanding of API and Microservice (REST and /or gRPC) design patterns backed up by experience delivering and running the services you have built in production.
  • A track record of building enterprise-scale applications using Java and Spring Boot frameworks.
  • Experience building event-driven services using Kafka or similar technologies.
  • Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Banking or regulated financial services technology experience.
  • Experience in working with geographically dispersed cross functional teams.
  • Experience identifying, analysing, and resolving infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.

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.

This role is based in Northampton.

Skills

Spring
Spring Boot
Java
Kafka
REST
gRPC

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