Software Engineer

Engineer - Advanced Engineering 
Glasgow 

As a Barclays Engineer –Advanced Engineering, you will play a large part in the delivery of engineering efforts, working internally across Barclays’ technical experts to solve complex problems and deliver solutions that implement the firm's business and technology strategy. This  role is pivotal within the domain, and will have broad impact on Barclays group business areas through the engagements and deliverables undertaken, engaging with Chief Technology Office partners around Public Cloud, Developer Experience, Toolchain and Frameworks.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business
 
What will you be doing?
• Engaging with Business Unit partners on the delivery of key initiatives that support optimisation of their business flows
• Playing an active part in the creation of solutions that meet the non-functional needs for a concrete business initiative, while delivering in a way that’s generic enough across the Bank
• Supporting appropriate innovation across the domain, enabling the use of modern technologies tied to realisable business benefit
• Partnering with product and engineering teams across the firm to enhance and integrate frameworks and tools that remove toil from engineering activities
• Understanding, identifying and curating innovation and improvement opportunities for complex, high-scale system deliveries across the global firm
• You will scope opportunities and help PoC/PoV on emerging solutions and technologies, staying ahead of anticipated trends
• Working across cyber security, infrastructure and cloud spaces, assisting with the ongoing evolution of the organisation and our ability to balance risks and innovation appropriately

What we’re looking for:
• Experience across a range of development technologies and languages - Python, JavaScript, SQL
• Proven DevOps Experience, solid knowledge of CI/CD tools (Jenkins and GitLab)
• Expert background in Software Engineering, architecture, operations and product engineering
• Experience in the creation of scalable, reliable, secure distributed systems

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Experience in strategy & architecture that have had broad applicability across financial services 
• Experience in deep technical engagements to design and deliver positive outcomes 
• Knowledge on both contemporary and legacy technology, engineering practices, design patterns

Where will you be working?
Our new state-of-the-art Campus, right in the heart of Glasgow is a hub of creative collaboration. A place where everyone can bring their true selves to work and reach their full potential. Home to 5,000 of our colleagues, our Tradeston campus will support the community in more ways than one - by creating thousands of new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. A short walk from Central Station on the south of the Clyde, it will be a key location for the Barclays business that will deepen our ties with the city and its communities.

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