Engineering Lead

Join us as an Engineering Lead at Barclays, where you'll be working within Cards & Payments providing engineering leadership for a team of engineers. Provide mentorship and guidance, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled experiences.

Key Qualifications

To be successful as an Engineering Lead, you should have experience with:

• Hands-on Java engineer experience in React stack, with knowledge of design patterns and application security aspects combined with experience in developing REST APIs using Spring Boot Framework.
• Strong knowledge of UI Technologies, including React, HTML5, JavaScript, Typescript, CSS3, Less, Bootstrap CSS, Node.js, Jest, and Transport JSON over HTTP.
• Deep understanding of system design, coding proficiency, database management, and DevOps practices.
• Demonstrated track record of leading a team while coaching, mentoring, and upskilling team members to deliver engineering excellence.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience working across Cards or Payments.
• Visionary leader with the ability to anticipate industry trends and technological advancements, guiding the team towards innovative solutions while empowering your team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve technical issues, with the communication skills and ability to articulate and present technical concepts with clarity.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the Role

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management, and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Vice President Expectations

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organization functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.