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Equity Fund Structed (EFS) Direct Developer
London, England
Key information
Date live
Mar. 05, 2025
Business Area
Markets Pre Trade
Area of Expertise
Technology
Contract
Permanent
Reference Code
JR-0000026611
Barclays Technology
It’s happening at Barclays.
Be a part of a place where challenges are measured in billions, qubits and nanoseconds. Build your career in an environment where we’re advancing machine learning, leveraging blockchains, and harnessing FinTech.
Working in Barclays technology, you’ll reimagine possibilities: learning and innovating to solve the challenges ahead, delivering for millions of customers.
We are shaping the future of financial technology. Why not join us and make it happen here?
Where will you be located?
Job description
Step into the role of Equity Fund Structed (EFS) Direct Developer at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. In this role, you will be performing activities related to the design, development, unit testing, deployment, support, and maintenance of an exciting transformational project with high visibility. This ambitious initiative leverages a modern tech stack, offering a unique opportunity to make a significant impact.
To be successful as a EFS Direct Developer you should have experience with:
- Equity Derivatives technology experience is preferred.
- Proficiency with Core Java and software development best practices; including OO design, collections, multithreading, and automated testing.
- Programming in C++ and Python.
- Front office experience.
- 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:
- Knowledge of messaging (e.g., JMS, IBM MQ) and container (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) technologies.
- Experience working on pricing/risk platforms or other high volume/high performant systems.
- 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).
- Previous experience in quantitative investment strategies or structured products area.
- Experience with cross-platform development (Windows/Linux).
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.
This role is based in London.
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.
Who succeeds in Tech at Barclays?
For a career with us, you need to be prepared to take big steps forward, curious to face the challenges ahead, and driven to focus on the outcomes. We need people with the Barclays Mindset to make it happen here.
What you get
in return
Flexible, future-proof careers – that’s what a career in tech means at Barclays. Our employees receive a competitive package of core benefits flexible to you and your family’s needs. In exchange for the work of supporting our customers and clients, you’re rewarded with the perks for making a difference.
Competitive holiday allowance
Life assurance
Private medical care
Pension contribution
Training opportunities
Competitive pay
Income protection
Flexible working options
Voluntary benefits
Planned progression
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F#
Java
Java
Our technology
Supporting our 48 million customers and clients worldwide takes a lot of forward thinking. It means harnessing technology to support the economy. It means making a difference to people’s lives. And it requires the maintenance and development of a global, technological infrastructure. At Barclays, technology helps us keep transactions moving, manages data, and protects our customers. Join a world where your work creates unique moments of impact. Make it happen here.
Locations
A world of innovation
Our work takes place in state of the art technology campuses around the globe. Want to help build a tech-first future? These are places where you can find the very best talent and learn from industry leaders, all working on the tools for tomorrow. So, whether it’s Glasgow, Prague, Chennai, Radbroke, Whippany or Pune, it’s happening here.
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The Barclays Way
This is the spirit of Barclays. It’s why we exist, what we believe and how we behave. But most importantly, it’s how we make decisions, take action and get things done.
Purpose
Working together for a better financial future.
Values
We believe great talent RISES. It acts with Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Mindset
We discover our full potential through our desire to Empower, Challenge and Drive each other.