Head of Platform Engineering & Architecture Excellence

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays leadership role in engineering platform and architecture seeks to drive secure, scalable software delivery. You will guide platform tooling, governance and practices while aligning with business objectives across the Barclays Group.

The role requires building and mentoring high-performing teams, shaping the engineering culture, and delivering improvements in lead time and reliability through standardised practices and AI-enhanced development.

Responsibilities

• Own the RFT engineering platform strategy and roadmap, aligned to enterprise technology direction.
• Scale adoption of standardised SDLC, CI/CD, deployment, security and developer tooling.
• Drive engineering productivity through simplification, automation and AI-assisted development.
• Lead architecture governance, engineering standards and technical roadmaps across RFT.
• Deliver measurable improvement in lead time, deployment frequency, quality, resilience and developer experience.
• Partner with CIOs, the CTO, Security, Infrastructure and Architecture leadership on technology strategy and adoption.
• Build and lead high-performing global engineering and architecture teams.

Job description

Barclays leadership role in engineering platform and architecture seeks to drive secure, scalable software delivery. You will guide platform tooling, governance and practices while aligning with business objectives across the Barclays Group.

The role requires building and mentoring high-performing teams, shaping the engineering culture, and delivering improvements in lead time and reliability through standardised practices and AI-enhanced development.