Prime Risk Senior Developer

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is looking for a Prime Risk Senior Developer to join the Liquid Financing Technology team in London. You will design and develop a modern Client Risk Management platform with real-time analytics and reporting capabilities. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of software development experience in a front office environment, and strong skills in AWS services and data processing tools like Python and Spark. This role requires collaboration with various teams, focusing on delivering high-quality software solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience in a front office environment.
• Proficient in AWS services.
• Strong experience with Python and Spark for real-time data processing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and improve software for risk management platform.
• Collaborate with teams on software requirements and integration.
• Ensure code scalability, maintainability, and performance optimization.

Skills

Software development

AWS services

Python

Spark

Quantitative reasoning

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Financial Engineering, Math, Computer Science

Tools

AWS (S3, EC2, Lambda)

Python

Spark

Job description

Join Barclays as a Prime Risk Senior Developer, where you will be part of the Liquid Financing Technology team. The team is currently investing in building a modern, cutting‑edge Client Risk Management platform—a unified, cross‑asset risk management solution that delivers real‑time analytics, workflows, and reporting for front‑office users. This platform will enable intraday exposure monitoring, margin and limits forecasting, and advanced stress‑testing capabilities.

To be successful, you should have:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Financial Engineering, Math, Computer Science, or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience in a front office environment with hands on across all phases of development Lifecyle.
• Proven experience with AWS services such as S3, EC2, EKS/ECS, Lambda, Glue, Athena, Step Functions, DynamoDB, and RDS.
• Proven experience with Python and Spark for distributed and real time data processing.
• Strong quantitative reasoning and software design skills. Deep understanding of SDLC practices.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Background in Quantitative Finance with exposure to Risk & PnL Modelling, preferably in Prime Brokerage, Securities Lending, Cash & Synthetic Financing.
• Working knowledge on building and integrating AI/ML models into production systems is a plus.
• Exposure to other OO languages (Java/C#) is a plus.

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

This role is based in London.

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 develop 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 organization 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.