Senior Developer – QIS Technology

About the role

At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in accelerating the delivery of innovative quantitative investment strategies that drive business growth and enhance client outcomes. Working at the intersection of technology and trading, you will have the opportunity to solve sophisticated business and technical problems, influence key strategic priorities, and directly contribute to reducing time-to-market for new products and capabilities. Join a collaborative, high-performing team where your knowledge will be valued, your impact will be visible, and your career growth will be supported through exposure to innovative technologies and global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve software using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools.
• Ensure code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• 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.
• Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Requirements

• Proficiency in programming with Python and ability to create and debug solutions.
• Experience with Docker, cloud environments, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with market data and its use in equities front office systems, including Reuters and Bloomberg data for equities.
• Knowledge and experience of Equity Derivative products, including Futures and Options.
• Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) functions such as instrumentation and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience of Commodities, Futures, and Options.
• Experience working with front office users, trading, and structuring.
• Knowledge of working with KDB.
• Proficiency in programming with Java.
• Experience working with AI agents to create fit-for-purpose solutions.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to 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, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard (Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others).
• 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 a comprehensive understanding of the organization’s functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• 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 to accomplish key business objectives.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Pay

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.