Tech Standards Architect & Pattern Leader

Barclays; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer – Technology Standards & Patterns to define and evolve technology standards, reusable patterns and implementation guardrails across PBWM. You will translate strategic direction into practical reference implementations and guardrails adopted across engineering teams.

You will partner with Architecture, Platform Engineering, Security and Risk to ensure practical, scalable and secure patterns, driving simplification and reuse across the technology estate.

Qualifications

• Significant experience operating as a Principal Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, Lead Engineer, Solution Architect or equivalent senior technical leadership role.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, API-led architectures, event-driven platforms, cloud-native technologies and modern integration patterns.
• Proven experience defining and implementing enterprise-wide technology standards, reusable frameworks, reference architectures or implementation guardrails.
• Strong understanding of integration models, resilience engineering, security controls, identity and access management and operational risk considerations.
• Experience translating strategic architecture direction into practical implementation approaches that can be adopted consistently across engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence technology direction and standards adoption across multiple teams, platforms and business domains without direct management authority.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of engaging effectively with engineers, architects, technology leaders, risk and business stakeholders.
• Experience operating within large, complex and regulated financial services environments.

Responsibilities

• Define, maintain and evolve technology standards, design patterns and implementation guardrails.
• Establish common integration models, API standards, event-driven patterns and reusable frameworks.
• Drive standardisation to reduce duplication and improve interoperability.
• Create reusable reference implementations, playbooks and blueprints for adoption of standards.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure standards are practical, scalable and aligned with delivery realities.
• Act as a trusted advisor on technology patterns and architecture across PBWM.
• Contribute to governance forums and ensure standards meet security, resilience and regulatory needs.
• Promote adoption of standards and measure their impact across delivery teams.

Skills

Principal Engineer level

Distributed systems

API-led architectures

Event-driven platforms

Cloud-native technologies

Enterprise standards

Stakeholder management

Financial services experience

Influence without authority

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer – Technology Standards & Patterns to define and evolve technology standards, reusable patterns and implementation guardrails across PBWM. You will translate strategic direction into practical reference implementations and guardrails adopted across engineering teams.

You will partner with Architecture, Platform Engineering, Security and Risk to ensure practical, scalable and secure patterns, driving simplification and reuse across the technology estate.