Adoption Software Engineer XDP

Barclays; Knutsford; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking an Adoption Software Engineer to transform and modernise their digital platform. The successful candidate will lead in designing and developing software using Java and cloud technologies, while working collaboratively with various teams to meet business objectives. Candidates should have a strong background in Java and public cloud solutions, and an understanding of authorization models. This is a vital role to enhance the customer experience and contribute to the firm's digital ambitions.

Qualifications

• Experience in defining permission roles using policy as code.
• Familiarity with authorisation and authentication technologies.
• Ability to use Java in a rapid prototyping environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop improved digital platform solutions using engineering methodologies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align software solutions with business goals.
• Mentor team members and lead complex tasks contributing to business success.

Skills

Java

Public Cloud (AWS)

Behaviour Driven Development (BDD)

Relationship Based Access Control (ReBAC)

Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC)

Role Based Access Control (RBAC)

Policy as Code

IAM solutions

Job description

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

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that 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 and alignment with business objectives.
• 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.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• 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 an Adoption Software Engineer at Barclays, where you will bring to life a new Digital Platform capability by transforming and modernising our digital estate to build a market-leading digital offering with customer experience at its heart.

This is an exciting and key role where you will adopt a Product Operating Model mindset, to truly hear the customer, business and technical challenges and needs, to support the Adoption and build of the new technology into the multiple lines of business alongside writing code in Java. Your main day to day is to work with the lines of business and bring to life their needs through solutions and realising these through rapid prototyping and proof of concepts using Java, BDD testing concepts and Public Cloud (AWS).

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Experience with Permissions and Profiles where policy as code is used to define a set of permission roles, whilst also using other security model paradigms such as Relationship Based Access Control (ReBAC), Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC), alongside Role Based Access Control (RBAC).
• Experience with Java, BDD testing concepts and Public Cloud (AWS)
• An understanding in authorisation and authentication technologies such as Policy as Code, IAM, IAM solutions

Some other highly desirable skills include:

• A willingness to constructively disrupt and challenge the norm
• Experience relationship building skills, patience and resilience to change current thinking and working practices
• Ability to translate technical concepts and solutions to both non-technical and technical teams without losing the detail
• Experience with Ping solutions (PingGateway, PingAM, PingIDM, PingDS)

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 will be based out of our Glasgow or Knutsford office.