Senior Frontend Engineer - iOS

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Northampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior iOS Frontend Engineer to join our mobile platform team. You’ll contribute to the design, development and maintenance of our iOS applications, delivering a secure and engaging experience to millions of users.

This role emphasizes CX/UI/UX expertise, agile product development, and cross‑functional collaboration with product managers, designers and engineers. The position can be performed from Northampton or Knutsford, with a strong focus on

Qualifications

• Proven experience in customer experience (CX) design and UI/UX for iOS applications.
• Experience in product development within agile teams and familiarity with Agile methodologies.
• Strong collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, designers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-quality iOS applications.
• Ensure secure coding practices and robust testing.
• Collaborate with product, design and engineering peers to deliver aligned software solutions.
• Contribute to code reviews and promote code quality and knowledge sharing.

Skills

iOS development

UI/UX design

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

CX design

Code reviews

Job description

Job Description 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.

• 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.

Senior iOS Frontend Engineer

Join Barclays as a Senior iOS Frontend Engineer and play a key role in shaping the future of mobile banking. You’ll contribute to the design, development and maintenance of our iOS applications, delivering a smooth, secure and engaging experience to millions of users. This is an exciting opportunity to bring your expertise in iOS development to dynamic collaborative team working on high-impact financial products. To be successful as a Senior iOS Frontend Engineer, you should have experience with: Proven experience in customer experience (CX) design, building the user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) for iOS applications.

Some other highly valued skills may include: Experience in product development within agile teams. Familiarity with Agile methodologies. Demonstrated success in cross‑functional team collaboration. 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 can be performed from Northampton or Knutsford.

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that’s unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.