Equities Valuations Software Engineer

Barclays Bank PLC; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Join us as an Equities Valuations Software Engineer at Barclays, where you’ll be responsible for developing and enhancing innovative software solutions to support the valuation of equity instruments. You will collaborate with other teams to implement robust systems, ensuring accurate and efficient pricing models. Your expertise in software engineering and financial markets will play a key role in optimising our equity trading platform, driving both performance and scalability.

To be successful as an Equities Valuations Software Engineer, you should have:

1. Proficiency with Core Java and software development best practices; including OO design, collections, multithreading, automated testing, and code reviews.
2. Experience working with financial market products; especially equity derivatives.
3. Demonstrated ownership and accountability in a team environment; including direct collaboration with other IT/business teams and second-line support as part of a cross-team support rota.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

1. Knowledge of messaging (e.g., JMS, IBM MQ) and container (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) technologies.
2. Experience working on pricing/risk platforms or other high volume/high performant systems.
3. Experience working in a global team using Agile methodologies with a focus on continuous improvement; including relevant code/work management tools (e.g., Git/Bitbucket, Jira and Confluence).

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 role is hybrid and based in London.

Job Description 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:

1. Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
2. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
3. 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.
4. Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
5. 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.
6. Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
7. Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

1. To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
2. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
3. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
4. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward 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.