Senior Software Engineer - VP

慨正橡扯; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

慨正橡扯 is looking for a Senior Software Engineer - VP in Pune District, India. This role includes leading the integration of technical solutions for a digital asset platform, ensuring seamless processing across core banking systems, payments, and third-party providers.

The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in Java and cloud platforms, and demonstrate leadership in delivering high-quality software. You will be expected to contribute to strategic decisions and foster a culture of technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development, particularly in enterprise integrations.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices.
• Experience with payment systems and blockchain technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver high‑quality software solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define software requirements.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends.

Skills

Java expertise (Java 17+)

Spring Ecosystem (Spring MVC, Data JPA, Security)

Cloud platforms

CI/CD pipelines

API gateways

Tools

Apache Kafka

Container platforms

Orchestration engines

Job description

Embark your transformative journey as a Senior Software Engineer - VP. You are accountable for the integration of technical leadership and delivery of enterprise and external system integrations for the digital asset platform. This role focuses on connecting the platform with core banking systems, payments, compliance, data platforms, and third‑party providers, enabling seamless end‑to‑end digital asset processing across the enterprise and ecosystem.

To be successful as a Senior Software Engineer - VP, you should possess:

• Java expertise (Java 17+) and Spring Ecosystem (Spring MVC, Data JPA, Security etc) with strong integration expertise.
• Hands‑on expertise with cloud platforms, container platforms, API gateways, Apache Kafka, messaging technologies and orchestration engines.
• Solid understanding of DevOps practices: Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins) to enable rapid, reliable deployment of banking applications and infrastructure as Code (IaC) skills.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of payment systems, payments processing, including domestic and international payments, instant payments, and digital assets.
• Knowledge of blockchain or distributed ledger technology (such as Ethereum) for secure transaction systems and how to integrate with them.
• Deep understanding of common design patterns, software engineering fundamentals, and best practices.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role is for Pune location.

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 escalate 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: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, 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.