Lead Software Engineer - Network Automation

Barclays; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Bengaluru or Pune invites a Lead Software Engineer - Network Automation to design, build and run OSS infrastructure and toolchains across cloud and on-premises environments. You’ll drive evolution of our digital landscape, ensure scalable, secure software, and collaborate with global teams to deliver reliable services.

You should bring strong Java (17+), Spring, React, Kubernetes, and CI/CD experience, plus a proactive focus on performance, security and observability across large

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java 17+ with Spring; strong data layer skills.
• Frontend and backend expertise; React.js, JavaScript.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions/Jenkins.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerized deployments.
• Experience with observability tools and SRE concepts.
• Experience with cloud platforms and security practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and improvement of software for customers and colleagues.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to define requirements.
• Promote code quality through reviews and testing.
• Stay updated on tech trends and contribute to communities.
• Ensure secure coding and efficient unit testing.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Framework

SQL/NoSQL

React.js

JavaScript

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Testing (TDD)

Observability

Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Security (OAuth2 etc)

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Grafana/ELK

Job description

Job Description

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.

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.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Lead Software Engineer - Network Automation at Barclays, where you’ll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You’ll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. You will be responsible for the design, build and run of the underlying OSS infrastructure and toolchains deployed across cloud and On-Prem that is required to run the Barclays Global Network.

To be successful in this role as a Lead Software Engineer - Network Automation , you should possess the following skillsets:

• Demonstrable expertise with front-end and back-end skillsets. Java Proficiency (Java 17+) and Spring Ecosystem (Spring MVC, Data JPA, Security etc) with strong SQL and NoSQL integration expertise. React.js and JavaScript expertise: material UI, Ant design and state management expertise (Redus, Zustand or Context API).
• Strong knowledge of runtime (virtualisation, containers and Kubernetes) and expertise with test driven development using frameworks like cypress, playwright, selenium etc.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tooling: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Gitlab CI or similar. Monitoring and Observability - logging/tracing and alerting with knowledge of SRE integrations into opensource tooling like Grafana/ELK etc.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Expertise building ELT pipelines and cloud/storage integrations - data lake/warehouse integrations (redshift, BigQuery, snowflake etc).
• Expertise with security (OAuth2, CSRF/XSS protection), secure coding practice and Performance Optimization - JVM tuning, performance profiling, caching, lazy loading, rate limiting and high availability in large datasets.
• Expertise in Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud technologies (DC, AWS, Azure, GCP etc) and across broad Network domains (physical and wireless) – VXLAN/EVPN/WAN/SD-WAN/LAN/WLAN etc.

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 is based in our Pune or Bengaluru office.