Full-Stack Software Engineer

Barclays UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented full-stack Software Engineer to join their Developer Platform team in Glasgow. This exciting role offers the chance to impact developer productivity and software quality across the organization. You will collaborate with diverse teams to implement best practices and create tools that enhance software delivery. With a focus on modern development practices, you'll ensure security and compliance while fostering a culture of technical excellence. If you're passionate about software engineering and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development with a focus on Java and Spring Boot.
• Familiarity with Docker and CI/CD tools like Jenkins or Gitlab.
• Strong written communication skills for documentation.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-quality software solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements.
• Promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Docker

CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Gitlab)

Excellent written communication

AWS or Azure

Developer tooling

Job description

We're seeking a talented full-stack Software Engineer to join our Developer Platform team. In this role, you'll help identify, standardise, and implement best practices for common development scenarios across our organization. You'll work collaboratively with teams to understand their challenges and create tools, documentation, and patterns that enable consistent, efficient software delivery at scale.

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to meaningfully impact developer productivity and software quality across the enterprise. You'll balance technical implementation with documentation and education, helping teams adopt modern development practices while maintaining our organisation's security and compliance posture.

Key skills required for this role include:

• Software development experience, ideally with Java and Spring Boot. Exposure to working in polyglot programming languages and willing to adapt and dive into other languages as needed.
• Familiarity with Docker and container orchestration.
• Proficiency in using CI/CD tools like Jenkins/Gitlab for automating build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to document technical solutions and create developer-focused guides.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience with either AWS or Azure public cloud platforms.
• Prior work in developer tooling, libraries, or framework development.

You may be assessed on 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.

The role is based out of our office in Glasgow.

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• 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.