Software Engineer - CIAM

Barclays; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join their team in London. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in transforming the digital landscape by developing cutting-edge identity and access management solutions. Your expertise in IAM engineering, along with hands-on coding skills in JavaScript or Java, will enable you to design and implement scalable software solutions that enhance customer experiences. This position offers a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with diverse teams, contribute to innovative projects, and uphold the highest standards of security and quality in software development. Join us to make a significant impact in the digital realm!

Qualifications

• Experience in IAM engineering with expertise in identity management and authentication.
• Hands-on coding experience in JavaScript or Java for developing IAM APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software solutions for business and technology capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements.

Skills

IAM Engineering

Single Sign-On

OAuth2

JavaScript

Java

PingGateway

PingAM

Identity Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PingIDM

ThreatMetrix

BioCatch

Job description

Join us as a Software Engineer for CIAM at Barclays, where you will bring to life a new digital platform capability, transforming and modernising our digital estate to build a market-leading digital offering with customer experience at its heart.

This is an exciting and key role, partnering with business aligned engineering and product teams, to ensure a collaborative team culture is at the heart of what we do.

To be successful in this role you should have:

• An IAM engineer background with broad expertise across the IAM domain, including tooling, products, protocols, taxonomy, identity management, authentication, authorization and identity federation.
• Experience with single sign on, OAuth2, OIDC, PKI, PSD2 SCA knowledge and possession-based authentication. ForgeRock developer experience with PingGateway, PingAM, PingIDM and PingDS, including JavaScript coding of PingGateway scripted routes, and PingAM authentication tree nodes.
• Experience in hands-on coding across either JavaScript or Java, and you must be comfortable in designing extensible IAM APIs for seamless integration with external and internal applications.
• Working knowledge of implementing PingAM custom authentication trees, including downstream API integration with threat sensors (ThreatMetrix, BioCatch, etc.), adaptive authentication and step-up authentication, including the ability to implement data links between internal and external LDAPS, JDBC, SOAP, HTTPS and other data sources.

Some other highly desirable skills include:

• Experience in implementing PingGateway single-sign-on routes, dynamic proxies and filter chains, or implementing PingIDM based data links.
• Experience in partnering with security, product, engineering and compliance teams, to embed identity-first principles into the DevSecOps lifecycle.

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 be based out of our London office.

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.