Lead Engineer

As a Lead Engineer at Barclays, your role will involve supporting the successful delivery of Location Strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality, and governance standards. You will spearhead the evolution of the digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence while utilizing cutting-edge technology to revolutionize digital offerings and ensure unparalleled customer experiences. Key Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and improve software utilizing various engineering methodologies to provide business, platform, and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues. - Develop and deliver high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensure code scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization. - Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration with business objectives. - Participate in code reviews, promote a culture of code quality, and knowledge sharing. - Stay informed of industry technology trends, contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster technical excellence and growth. - Adhere to secure coding practices, implement effective unit testing practices for proper code design, readability, and reliability. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's/masters or equivalent degree from a recognized university. - Significant experience in programming in JAVA language. - Experience in using Open Source or 3rd Party Libraries such as Log4j, Hibernate, Liquibase, etc. - Good command of service patterns and protocols covering Web Services, API, REST, RPC. Experience using API test frameworks. - Proficiency with messaging systems covering MQ, Kafka & Mule. - Strong understanding of writing and debugging code. - Good knowledge of Angular/react framework, HTML, and front-end programming principles. - Good unit testing practice. - Strong understanding of Systems Development Lifecycle. - Experience with CI and build tools such as Jenkins or Gitlab. - Ability to manage daily tasks independently. - SCRUM and Kanban agile methodologies experience, incl. tooling Jira or Similar. Joining Barclays as a Lead Engineer will allow you to contribute to the organization's technology communities, foster technical excellence, and grow your skills while delivering high-quality software solutions.,