Barclays · 1 month ago
Lead Engineer – VP
Whippany, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $230K/yrBarclays is committed to redefining the future of banking through innovative solutions. As a Lead Engineer – VP, you will drive IT transformation initiatives, designing and deploying scalable solutions while leading technical excellence and influencing strategic decisions.
BankingConsumerFinancial ServicesWholesale
Responsibilities
Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence
Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps
Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives
Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization
Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development
Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process
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
Qualification
Required
Building backend services using Java (Spring Boot)
Developing user interfaces with Angular
Designing and integrating RESTful APIs
Applying Test-Driven Development (TDD), and DevOps practices, and Docker for containerization
Working with messaging middleware and databases to build scalable solutions
Providing guidance and expertise to engineering teams, ensuring best practices and technical excellence
Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) and trusted point of contact for the development team
Designing and delivering scalable, maintainable, and business-aligned technology solutions
Contributing to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps
Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives
Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization
Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development
Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process
Managing and mitigating risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda
Demonstrating leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does
Demonstrating comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business
Creating solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives
Seeking out, building and maintaining trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
401(k)
Life insurance
Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances
Incentive award
Company
Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer and wholesale bank with global reach, offering products, and services.
Founded in 1690
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown1986-09-09IPO
Leadership Team
Geoffrey Belsher
Chief Executive Officer for Canada
David Morris
Head of Engineering, Colleague Platforms
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