Sr. Tech Lead – AWS

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About the role

Embark on a transformative journey as a Sr. Tech Lead – AWS, where you will play a pivotal role in driving Barclays’ cloud modernization strategy and shaping the future of our core platforms. In this role, you will support the design and delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient AWS solutions that accelerate innovation, enhance customer experiences, and enable enterprise-wide agility. You will have the unique opportunity to influence large-scale engineering decisions, work with cutting-edge technologies, and coach high-performing teams at the forefront of Barclays’ digital transformation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and improve software utilizing various engineering methodologies that provide business, platform, and technology capabilities for customers and colleagues.
• Ensure code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally 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, actively contributing to the organization’s technology communities to foster technical excellence and growth.
• 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.
• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function.
• Set objectives, coach employees, appraise performance, and determine reward outcomes.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors to create an environment where colleagues thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards (Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others).
• Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work closely related to other areas, understanding how they coordinate and contribute to organizational objectives.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information, including sensitive information or details difficult to convey due to content or audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship.
• Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Requirements

• Experience with Java & Spring frameworks, with solid experience in microservices architecture.
• AWS Cloud Services: MSK, EC2, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, Networking concepts, CloudFormation to design and deploy scalable applications.
• Messaging platforms and integrations: Kafka, Webhooks, and event streaming.
• Deep understanding of enterprise system integrations: API, Events, Files, and business workflows.

Skills

• Knowledge of observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing) using tools/frameworks like CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Telemetry, or equivalent tools.
• AI enthusiast with an understanding of Agentic-AI fundamentals and frameworks.
• Exposure to the Financial domain, particularly Core Processors such as TSYS, FDR, FIS.
• Assessment on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Pay

Base salary range: $120,000 – $175,000. This role is eligible for an incentive award.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k).
• Life insurance.
• Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.