Senior Software Engineer

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

Join us at Barclays as a Senior Software Engineer, where you’ll design, develop, and enhance software using modern engineering methodologies to deliver cutting-edge business and technology solutions. In this role, you’ll re-architect key ID&V methods and drive improvements within our Customer Care Virtual Channels portfolio.

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

• Strong hands-on API development experience in Java (including use of frameworks such as Spring Boot)
• Expertise in software development best practise including architecture principles, design patterns, and secure coding.
• Good communication and mentoring skills, with the ability to technically guide teams in an agile environment.
• Ownership mindset and commitment to engineering excellence practices for building high quality and reliable software.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Having UI knowledge and experience to enable full stack development would be of benefit - using React or Angular.
• Hands-on logging, observability, reliability – ELK dashboards for monitoring releases and identifying problems proactively
• Good knowledge of systems architectures and infrastructure with best practices and design patterns
• Problem-solving skills and ability to simplify complex concepts.
• Adaptability to new technologies and evolving project needs.

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 Knutsford/Manchester.