GenAI Data Engineering Lead

1203 Barclays Global Serv. Cent; Pune District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays Global Serv. Cent in Pune, India, seeks a GenAI Data Engineering Lead to guide software teams delivering scalable AI-enabled data solutions. You will lead technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive innovation across GenAI initiatives.

The role requires hands-on Python (FastAPI/Django), React, and cloud experience, with focus on LLMs, RAG, and responsible AI governance. Based in Pune with a collaborative, growth-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of software engineering teams.
• Hands-on Python development with FastAPI/Django.
• Experience building GenAI solutions incl. LLMs and RAG.
• Strong cloud and CI/CD experience.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams to deliver high-quality software.
• Mentor engineers and conduct performance reviews.
• Define engineering standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners and designers to align roadmaps.
• Champion AI governance and Responsible AI across projects.
• Oversee timelines, risks, and budget to ensure delivery.

Skills

Leadership experience

Python development

React

APIs & Microservices

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

Agentic Workflows

Prompt engineering

AWS

CI/CD

Tools

FastAPI

Django

APIs

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives. Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget. Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement. Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity. Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development. Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escape breaches of policies/procedures.. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as a GenAI Data Engineering Lead at Barclays, where you will be responsible for supporting the successful delivery of location strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. To be successful as a GenAI Data Engineering Lead you should have experience with: Strong leadership experience managing software engineering teams. Hands‑on expertise in Python development (FastAPI, Django, APIs, Microservices) & React. Experience building Generative AI solutions, including: LLMs and AI Assistants RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) AI Agents / Agentic Workflows Prompt Engineering GenAI Governance and Responsible AI Experience with cloud platforms AWS/Containers and CI/CD. Some other highly valued skills may include: Lead, mentor, and develop teams of software, front‑end, and AI engineers. Drive delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. Define engineering standards, best practices, and modern development processes. Partner with Product Owners, Architects, and business stakeholders to execute technology roadmaps. Champion innovation in AI, automation, and cloud‑native engineering. You may be assessed on 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 is based out of Pune. Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self‑disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.