Job Description
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
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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.
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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.
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Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
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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.
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Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
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Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Vice President Expectations
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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.
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Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. 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.
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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.
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Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
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Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
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Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
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Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
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Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
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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.
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Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
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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 Barclays as a Credit Software Engineering Lead and help shape the future of our Credit technology. In this senior role, you will design and develop high-performance, scalable, multithreaded server-side applications in Java for Credit Trading and Sales, covering Bonds, Loans and Derivatives. You will play a key role in building robust backend systems that support real-time trading and pricing workflows, while driving reliability and scalability across the platform. Beyond coding, you will provide technical leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering best practices and guiding the delivery of complex solutions.
To be successful in this role you should have:
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Expert-level proficiency in Core Java.
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Strong understanding of object-oriented design and familiarity with industry-standard design patterns.
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Proven experience in multithreaded application development, with a focus on performance and scalability.
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Excellent communication skills and ability to manage stakeholders effectively.
Some other highly valued skills include:
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Understanding of Kubernetes and cloud technologies.
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Solid knowledge of Apache Kafka and event-driven architectures.
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Strong experience with the Spring Framework and its ecosystem.
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Familiarity with Agile methodologies and Test-Driven Development.
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Knowledge of fixed income products (e.g., bond trading mechanics).
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 successful candidate will be based in** Prague.**