Senior Software Engineer - CIAM

JR United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading bank as a Senior Software Engineer specializing in CIAM in Chester. You will enhance a new digital platform, collaborate with product teams, and ensure best practices in software engineering, all while demonstrating leadership and technical expertise in modern IAM technologies.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on IAM engineering experience.
• Strong coding skills in JavaScript or Java.
• Expertise with ForgeRock products and custom authentication.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve software solutions.
• Deliver high-quality, scalable software.
• Collaborate across teams to align with business objectives.

Skills

IAM engineering

JavaScript

Java

SSO

OAuth2

OIDC

PKI

PSD2 SCA

adaptive authentication

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Senior Software Engineer - CIAM, Chester

Client: Barclays Bank PLC

Location: Chester, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 29.05.2025

Expiry Date: 13.07.2025

Job Description:

Job Description

Join us as a Senior Software Engineer for CIAM at Barclays, where you will help develop a new digital platform, transforming our digital estate to create a market-leading digital experience focused on customers. This key role involves collaborating with engineering and product teams to foster a team-oriented culture.

To succeed, you should have:

• Extensive hands-on IAM engineering experience, including tooling, protocols, identity management, authentication, authorization, and federation.
• Expertise with SSO, OAuth2, OIDC, PKI, PSD2 SCA, and possession-based authentication. Experience with ForgeRock products like PingGateway, PingAM, PingIDM, and PingDS, including JavaScript coding for PingGateway scripted routes and PingAM authentication trees.
• Strong coding skills in JavaScript or Java, with the ability to design extensible IAM APIs for seamless integration.
• Knowledge of implementing custom authentication trees in PingAM, API integration with threat sensors, adaptive authentication, and data links with various data sources.

Additional desirable skills include experience with PingGateway SSO routes, dynamic proxies, and collaboration with security and compliance teams to embed identity principles into DevSecOps.

This role can be based in Glasgow or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

Design, develop, and improve software using various engineering methodologies to enhance our platform and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

• Deliver high-quality, scalable, and performant software solutions.
• Collaborate across teams to define requirements and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Participate in code reviews and promote best practices.
• Stay updated on industry trends and contribute to technical communities.
• Follow secure coding practices and implement effective unit testing.

Leadership Expectations

• Contribute to strategy, requirements, and policy development.
• If managing a team, define roles, plan resources, and mentor staff.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors such as listening, inspiring, aligning, and developing others.
• Provide technical guidance and lead complex projects.
• Advise stakeholders and manage risks effectively.

All colleagues should embody Barclays' values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and demonstrate the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.