Engineering Lead-VP

Barclays; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking an Engineering Lead - VP to design and implement software testing strategies while managing a team to ensure software quality and reliability. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in web application development, modern front-end technologies, and team management. This role offers the opportunity to lead strategic initiatives in an innovative environment that values continuous improvement and technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Focus on continuous improvement in responsibilities.
• Strong experience in software development with large-scale banking applications.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy and requirements for engineering solutions.
• Manage teams and plan resources effectively.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Continuous improvement mindset

Relationship building

Software development

Web Application Development

Front-end technologies (React, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3)

Node.js

Core Java

OO design and programming

Problem-solving skills

CI/CD pipelines

Time management

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

AppDynamics

Splunk

ELK

Job description

Engineering Lead – VP

Step into the role of Engineering Lead‑VP. At Barclays, we are more than a bank – we are a force of progress. As an Engineering Lead‑VP, you’ll play a pivotal role in contributing or setting strategy, driving requirements, and making recommendations for change. You will plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.

If managing a team, you will define jobs and responsibilities, plan future departmental needs, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions/changes. You may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities while balancing short‑ and long‑term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.

Purpose of the Role

To design, develop, and execute testing strategies to validate functionality, performance, and user experience, while collaborating with cross‑functional teams to identify and resolve defects, and continuously improve testing processes and methodologies, to ensure software quality and reliability.

Key Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of comprehensive test plans and strategies to validate software functionality and ensure compliance with established quality standards.
• Creation and execution of automated test scripts, leveraging testing frameworks and tools to facilitate early detection of defects and quality issues.
• Collaboration with cross‑functional teams to analyze requirements, participate in design discussions, and contribute to the development of acceptance criteria.
• Root cause analysis for identified defects, working closely with developers to provide detailed information and support defect resolution.
• Collaboration with peers, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contributing to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

Required Experience & Skills

• Action‑orientated with a focus on continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility.
• Proactive and innovative, able to deliver quality results with a challenging but positive and influential style.
• Strong relationship builder with integrity, quickly earning trust and confidence from clients, colleagues, and teams.
• Strong, technically minded software developer with experience in Web Application Development, modern front‑end technologies (React, JavaScript ES6+, HTML5, CSS3), Node.js, Core Java, J2EE design, Spring framework, and large‑scale banking applications.
• Strong web‑service development experience using REST.
• Strong understanding of OO design and programming techniques, data modelling, and design patterns.
• Logical reasoning, problem‑solving, and performance‑tuning skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and repositories (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub).
• Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals.
• Flexibility to react effectively to changing priorities and willingness to step outside role boundaries to achieve results.
• Practical experience supporting and maintaining production environments with distributed systems and highly available services.
• Practical experience of observability/monitoring solutions such as AppDynamics, Splunk, ELK.
• Time‑management skills to juggle a complex and demanding workload.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain processes; deliver continuous improvements and escape breaches of policies/procedures.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen authentically, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• As a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead multi‑year assignments, and provide information influencing long‑term profits, risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross‑functional impacts and alignments.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, supporting control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of organization functions to contribute to business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas of work for business‑aligned support and to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions through sophisticated analytical thought, comparing alternatives and selecting optimal solutions.
• Adopt research outcomes into problem‑solving processes.
• Build trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Location

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industry

Banking and Financial Services