Software engineer

Software engineer Location: Pune, Gera Commerzone SEZ 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 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. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing 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 that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders 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. Join us as a “Software engineer” at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job-specific skillsets. To be successful as a “Software engineer”, you should have experience with: Basic/ Essential Qualifications: Expertise understanding of Object-Oriented Designing and Programming Techniques and associated concepts e.g. Desing Principals & Patterns. In-depth knowledge and extensive experience of Core Java, J2EE design, Spring framework and development work on large-scale banking applications. Strong Microservices development experience using REST & SOAP development work in Kubernetes/ AWS environments. Strong knowledge and concepts in RDBM and SQL query writing. Strong logical reasoning, Debugging, problem solving and performance tuning skills Strong understanding of CI/CD Pipelines and configuration management with Jenkins/Gitlab or similar. Strong in web application development and modern frontend technologies, including React/Angular, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3, Node.js. Strong communication skills. Ability to work in large, collaborative teams to achieve organizational goals. Flexibility to react effectively to changing priorities and a willingness to step outside of role boundaries to achieve results. Practical experience of supporting and maintaining production environments with distributed systems and highly available services. Practical experience of Observability/Monitoring solutions (such as AppDynamics, Splunk, ELK or similar). Desirable skillsets/ good to have: GenAI‑assisted code generation and validation: Ability to use GenAI/copilot tools to generate and fix code issues, test cases, summarize logs and accelerate defect triage Experience building API Contract with OAS/Swagger, Pact or consumer‑driven contract testing, and implementing quality gates in CI/CD Exposure to JMeter/Gatling, understanding of OWASP principles and working knowledge with code quality tools like SonarCube. Exposure to AWS Cloude based application development and deployments. This role is based out of Pune.