Lead Software Development Engineer - VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Lead Software Development Engineer - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will contribute to the development and evolution of a global Macro Rates Trade Capture platform that supports the Rates and Emerging Markets businesses in capturing and managing a wide range of rates products to meet diverse client needs. You will play a key role in building the next generation of trade capture technology, leveraging modern engineering practices to solve complex business challenges at scale. As a catalyst for transformation, you will design and deliver innovative solutions that drive simplification, standardization, and automation, helping to enhance operational efficiency, improve user experience, and support Barclays’ strategic objectives.

To be successful as a Lead Software Development Engineer - VP , you should have:

• Deep expertise in developing and troubleshooting high-performance, multi-threaded Java applications, with good knowledge of JVM internals, garbage collection, and memory management

• Proven experience designing, tuning, and optimizing complex SQL queries on Microsoft SQL Server and similar RDBMS platforms, leveraging ORM frameworks such as Hibernate and caching technologies including Redis, Guava, and Coherence

• Considerable background in real-time, low-latency and event-driven architectures, working with XML, JSON, and Protobuf message formats and messaging platforms such as Kafka, IBM WebSphere MQ, and Solace

• Extensive experience building scalable enterprise applications using modern Java frameworks, including Spring, Spring Boot, and Micronaut

• Demonstrated success leading the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) across small engineering teams, with ample stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and influencing skills

 Other highly valued skills include:

• Ample experience with modern software engineering practices, including microservices, containerization, and CI/CD pipeline design using GitHub, GitLab, or similar platforms

• Direct experience with financial trade capture and risk systems, with a solid understanding of rates trading workflows and messaging standards such as FIX, FpML, and SWIFT

• Proven ability to build and support scalable, resilient enterprise applications within complex financial services environments

• Experience developing web-based user interfaces using modern frameworks such as React or Angular

• Hands-on experience with Claude Code and other GenAI coding assistants or agentic AI tools is a plus

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

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

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.