About This Role
This IFC - API Developer role at Barclays involves leading the advancement of infrastructure and deployment pipelines, focusing on innovation and operational excellence. You will use advanced technology to build and manage robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure, ensuring smooth delivery of digital solutions.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and improve software using various engineering methodologies to provide business, platform, and technology capabilities
- Develop and deliver high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools, ensuring code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives
- Collaborate 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
- Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions
- Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability
- Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness
- Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function
- Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraise performance, and determine reward outcomes
- Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard (Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others) for leadership positions
- Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments for individual contributors
- Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross-functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes for individual contributors
- Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done
