Senior Software Engineer

Barclays; Hanover Township (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their CIAM team in Whippany, New Jersey. In this role, you will lead the development of a robust digital platform focused on customer needs, ensuring security and scalability of software solutions. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in IAM engineering, proficiency in coding, and a strong background in developing secure authentication solutions. This position offers a competitive salary range and a suite of employee benefits.

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Life insurance

Paid leave for qualifying circumstances

Incentive award eligibility

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in IAM engineering.
• Proficient in coding and integrating APIs with internal and external applications.
• Strong understanding of security principles and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve software using various engineering methodologies.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to define requirements.
• Ensure adherence to secure coding practices and mitigate vulnerabilities.

Skills

IAM engineering background

JavaScript coding

Experience with OAuth2 and OIDC

Designing extensible IAM APIs

Implementing custom authentication trees

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PingGateway

PingIDM

Java

Job description

Join Barclays as a Senior Software Engineer on the CIAM team. You will play a pivotal role in shaping a new digital platform capability. This role offers you the opportunity to drive transformation and modernization across our digital estate, contributing to the development of a market-leading digital experience centered around customer needs. In this key role, you will collaborate closely with engineering and product teams aligned to the business, fostering a culture of teamwork, and innovation at the core of everything we do.

TobesuccessfulasaSenior SoftwareEngineer,youshouldhave:

• Considerable IAM engineering background with expertise across the IAM domain, including tooling, products, protocols, taxonomy, identity management, authentication, authorization, and identity federation

• Experience with single sign on, OAuth2,OIDC,PKI,PSD2SCAknowledge and possession based authentication. ForgeRock developer experience with PingGateway, PingAM, PingIDM and PingDS, including JavaScript coding of PingGateway scripted routes, and PingAM authentication tree nodes

• Knowledge with coding across either JavaScript or Java, comfortable in designing extensible IAM APIs for seamless integration with external and internal applications

• Working knowledge of implementing PingAM custom authentication trees, including downstream API integration with threat sensors (ThreatMetrix,BioCatch,etc.),adaptiveauthentication and step-up authentication, including the abilitiy to implement data links between internal and external LDAPS, JDBC, SOAP, HTTPS, and other data sources

Someotherhighlyvaluedskillsmayinclude:

• ExperienceinimplementingPingGatewaysingle-sign-onroutes,dynamicproxiesandfilterchains,orimplementingPingIDMbaseddatalinks

• Experienceinpartneringwithsecurity,product,engineering,andcomplianceteams,toembedidentity-first principles into the DevSecOps lifecycle

Youmaybeassessedonthekeycriticalskillsrelevantforsuccessin thisrole,suchasriskandcontrols,changeandtransformation,businessacumenstrategicthinkinganddigitalandtechnology,aswellasjob-specifictechnicalskills.

ThisroleislocatedinWhippany,NewJersey.

Minimum Salary: $170,000

Maximum Salary: $230,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

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: 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.