Lead Engineer

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Creation and execution automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.         .
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to analyse requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria, ensuring a thorough understanding of the software being tested.
• Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• 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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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 us as a Lead Engineer at Barclays, responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Location Strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.
 

To be successful as a Lead Engineer you should have experience with:
 

• Bachelors/Masters or equivalent degree from a recognized university.

• Experience in programming in JAVA language.

• Experience in using Open Source or 3rd Party Libraries such as Log4j, Hibernate, Liquibase etc.

• Good command on service patterns and protocols covering Web Services, API, REST, RPC.  Experience of using API test frameworks

• Proficiency with messaging systems covering MQ, Kafka & Mule.

• Very good understanding of writing and debugging of 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 TeamCity, Jenkins

• Ability to manage daily tasks independently.

• SCRUM and Kanban agile methodologies experience, incl. tooling – Jira or AgileCentral

• Good understanding of SCM tools like GIT, TFS etc.

• Quick learner; strong analytical and problem-solving skills and should possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to be proactive, a team player and have a can-do attitude.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous experience within the financial services industry.

• Previous experience working with global teams.

• understanding of AWS, Micro service/API-oriented architectures.

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.
 
This role is based in Pune.