Technology Developer - Expert Graduate Programme 2025 Glasgow

Join Our Developer Graduate Program

If you're a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, join us and unlock a world of carefully curated experiences, knowledge, and connections to shape your career. Along the way, you can expect all the training and support you need to make your mark on the world. Put simply, we’ll empower you to help determine how we do things and where we go next. Our graduates are a vital part of our success, and we welcome applications from people from all walks of life. Whoever you are and wherever you want to join us, if you’re curious, creative, and ambitious, this is a world in which you can truly belong.

About the Developer Graduate Program

1-2 year targeted, fast-track program focused on developing specialist technical expertise.

Why the Developer Graduate Program?

As a Developer, you’ll be the brains behind the design, installation, testing, and maintenance of existing and new systems. This goes beyond playing around with code; you will play a critical role in finding innovative solutions to complex problems for our clients and customers daily.

• Design and innovate products using the newest technologies
• Provide an intelligence-led approach to cyber security
• Develop intuitive user interfaces for applications
• Optimize systems and applications
• Analyse code to improve processes

• Write scripts for data pulls and analysis
• Work with business areas to understand and meet their needs

Technology at Barclays

Why build a career in Technology in our global business? Because this is where some of the industry’s biggest innovations were born – and you could create the next. Join us and work alongside industry experts who are behind major leaps in FinTech. You’ll be following our innovative learning programme which includes on-the-job training and valuable hands-on experience.

Come and work side by side with the brains behind our tech. This is more than just learning how to code; you’ll take on real, challenging work from the very start as you design, install, test, and maintain new and existing systems. Together, let's continue designing innovative solutions, products, and services for our colleagues, clients, and customers around the world.

What We Are Looking For

To be considered for this programme, you must be an undergraduate or master's student with an anticipated graduation date between December 2024 - June 2025.

Ideally, you would also have:

• A STEM degree
• An interest in technology with the drive to solve financial challenges with innovative solutions
• A desire to be part of a targeted, fast-track program focused on developing specialist technical expertise
• An ambition to design and deliver the next technological breakthrough

Working at Glasgow

Our brand new state-of-the-art campus in Glasgow is somewhere you'll want to work. It's the home of 5,500 colleagues who thrive in an environment designed with collaboration and the future of work in mind. The campus includes creative spaces, technology with hybrid working opportunities, and has a specific focus on neurodiversity through our partnership with Scottish Autism.

As well as offering the perfect space for collaborative working, there's plenty to get involved in outside of your day job, such as live music in the canteen, a rooftop bar that overlooks the Clyde, and even an on-site beekeeping club.

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on any legally protected basis.

Purpose of the Role

To design, develop, and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, which provide business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensure 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 with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities and protect sensitive data.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Analyst Expectations

• Impact the work of related teams within the area
• Partner with other functions and business areas
• Take 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 the own area of expertise
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with the function
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the organisation sub-function
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through acquired technical experience
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information
• Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function

Barclays Values and Mindset

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – 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.