Engineering Excellence Lead

Barclays; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as an Engineering Excellence Lead, where you will empower a vibrant developer community. This role combines technical expertise with exceptional communication skills, allowing you to shape engineering practices and foster a culture of continuous improvement. You'll engage with developers through workshops and knowledge sharing, ensuring they are equipped with the latest skills. Your contributions will not only enhance individual capabilities but also drive organizational success, making a significant impact in a dynamic environment that values innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Retirement Plan

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development

Gym Membership

Annual Bonus

Paid Time Off

Work from Home Options

Employee Discounts

Team Building Activities

Qualifications

• Strong engineering background with a focus on modern development practices.
• Experience in creating technical articles and leading workshops.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements.

Skills

CI/CD

DevOps

Python

Java

C#

Go

Technical Writing

Public Speaking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Master's Degree in Software Engineering

Tools

Git

JIRA

Docker

Job description

Join Barclays as an Engineering Excellence Lead, where you'll be responsible for educating and upskilling a thriving developer community while championing Developer Services products and platforms. This highly technical and people-focused position, you’ll need a strong engineering background coupled with exceptional communication skills to engage with developers at all levels. You will shape the future of engineering within Barclays by promoting best practices and building a culture of continuous improvement.

To be successful, you should have:

• Technical Expertise: Proficiency in modern development practices, including CI/CD and DevOps. Expertise in major programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, or Go.
• Content Creation & Knowledge Sharing: Ability to create technical articles/tutorials, example code, and lead workshops to promote learning and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Mindset & Approach: A passion for teaching and mentoring, with a strong ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on execution.

Additional skills that are highly valued include:

• Developer Education & Enablement: Experience designing and delivering large scale technical workshops and creating learning materials for developers.
• Community Building & Engagement: A proven track record in organizing developer-focused events and engaging with internal developer communities.
• Communication & Leadership: Proven experience in public speaking, presenting complex ideas in a clear manner, and strong technical writing skills.

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 Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

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.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• 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 organisation 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 in order 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.