Senior Technical Lead

As a Senior Technical Lead at Barclays, your role will involve spearheading the evolution of the digital landscape, driving innovation, and excellence. You will utilize cutting-edge technology to revolutionize digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. Working alongside a team, you will deliver technology stack solutions, leveraging strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand business requirements and provide quality solutions. Collaboration with fellow engineers, business analysts, and stakeholders will be key in solving complex technical problems. **Key Responsibilities:** - Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automation frameworks and scripts, with a focus on Java and object-oriented programming. - Oversee backend automation utilizing tools such as Selenium WebDriver, TestNG/JUnit, API testing tools (Rest Assured/Postman), and working with REST APIs, JSON, XML, and message validation in Java. - Utilize expertise in test design patterns, testing methods, API/database testing (SQL), and comprehensive test planning and execution. - Support, maintain, and enhance automated testing across development, system testing, and regression cycles. - Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI) and manage version control with Git. - Develop and manage test cases based on business and technical requirements, analyze outcomes, identify defects, and collaborate with developers for root cause analysis. - Exhibit strong stakeholder management skills, define tasks, and set expectations. **Qualifications Required:** - Experience with Kafka/ActiveMQ or other message brokers for event-driven communication. - Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI) and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). - Knowledge of Agile Development methodologies, Test Driven Development, and Continuous Delivery. - DevOps knowledge with experience in tools like Docker, OpenShift, Kibana, App Dynamics, and GitLab pipelines. The purpose of your role as a Senior Technical Lead at Barclays is to design, develop, and enhance software using various engineering methodologies to provide business, platform, and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues. As a Senior Technical Lead, your accountabilities will include: - Developing and delivering high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization of code. - Collaborating cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure alignment with business objectives. - Promoting a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing through participation in code reviews and staying informed of industry technology trends. - Adhering to secure coding practices and implementing effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability. If you are assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this role, they may include risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. You will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.,