Developer
Barclays
Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Knutsford
Contract type: Full time

Join Barclays as a Developer, where you’ll be responsible for building financial applications used by the Syndicate Desk, including loan syndication systems. These applications should operate in real time and support high-volume usage by multiple users across various platforms.
To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Have
This role is available in multiple locations, including Knutsford, Northampton, and Glasgow.
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
To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Have
- Strong front-end development skills with technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React.js, Redux, Node.js, and testing frameworks (e.g., Jest)
- Solid experience in back-end technologies including Java, Spring Boot, JPA, Hibernate, JUnit, Mockito, and microservices architecture
- Proficiency with SQL (MS SQL preferred), cloud technologies, and messaging tools
- Familiarity with standard DevOps tools such as Jira, Nexus, Confluence, SonarQube, Veracode, GitLab, Maven, NPM.
- Experience in test-driven development and CI/CD processes, with exposure to automated testing tools (e.g., Cucumber, Selenium)
- Engaged participation in all aspects of agile software development, including design, implementation, and deployment
- A degree in Computer Science or equivalent knowledge in Computer Science values, Object-Oriented Design, and Data Structures
- Experience working on IT projects, ideally within the banking or financial sector
- Strong teamwork and collaboration abilities
- Adaptability to new tools, technologies, and methodologies
- A commitment to staying updated with industry trends and continuous learning
This role is available in multiple locations, including Knutsford, Northampton, and Glasgow.
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.
- 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.
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