Application Developer

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Embark on a transformative journey as an Application Developer, where you’ll design, build, and enhance applications supporting Financial Crime Screening. The role involves hands‑on engineering, building resilient microservices, automation and performance optimization. The developer will partner closely with Product Owners, Domain SMEs, DevOps and QA teams to deliver high‑quality, secure, and regulatory‑compliant screening capabilities.

To be successful as an Application Developer, you should have experience with:

• Deliver applications to technical specifications.

• Review/validate the technical solutions and changes proposed.

• Drive agile ceremonies (planning / stand-ups / retro etc.) to ensure high velocity is maintained.

• Independently identify repetitive or time-consuming processes that can be automated, especially where they benefit multiple business areas.

• Consume and produce data from a variety of sources, outputting where necessary to downstream applications, or updating the source.

• Design, develop and deliver innovative and tactical solutions to benefit the finance community.

• Improves systems by studying current practices.

• Working knowledge of DevOps tooling, pipelines, test‑first practices, and Agile delivery - a continual focus across Enterprise DevOps forums.

• Applying secure coding standards, test‑driven approaches, and robust design patterns that ensure reliability and regulatory compliance.

• Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases, server configuration, and data modelling for full‑stack applications.

• Effective Stakeholder management with global leads and delivery teams.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Banking / Finance domain preferred.

• Experience working with any flavor of Java.

• Experience developing effective and interactive Front-end UI using React JS or Angular.

• Kafka/Any Messaging system.

• Experience working with AI/LLM models.

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. 

The location of the role is Pune, IN

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To 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 well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing 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.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.