Wealth Management Principal Engineer: AI & Platform Lead

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer for Wealth Management to shape the engineering strategy and technology direction across our PBWM platforms. You will lead multiple engineering teams, drive AI adoption, and partner with product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure and resilient software solutions that improve client experiences and operational efficiency.

As the senior technical authority, you will define standards, reference architectures and reusable

Qualifications

• Senior technical leader with experience shaping engineering strategy and technology direction.
• Experience spanning multiple teams and business domains in a large financial services tech estate.
• Proven ability to drive innovation, modernisation and engineering transformation at scale.
• Strong understanding of security, resilience, observability and non-functional requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the technical vision and engineering strategy for Wealth Management platforms.
• Drive platform modernisation, reduce technical debt and improve agility.
• Lead exploration, proofs of concepts and scalable solutions delivering business value.
• Mentor engineering leads and senior engineers to build capability across Wealth Management.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Technical strategy

Cloud platforms

API-driven architectures

AI adoption

Job description

Barclays is seeking a Principal Engineer for Wealth Management to shape the engineering strategy and technology direction across our PBWM platforms. You will lead multiple engineering teams, drive AI adoption, and partner with product, architecture and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure and resilient software solutions that improve client experiences and operational efficiency.

As the senior technical authority, you will define standards, reference architectures and reusable