Platform Engineering Lead

Join us as a Platform Engineering Lead 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 within Foundations Engineering.

To be successful as a Platform Engineering Lead, you should have experience with:

• Engineering excellence and technical leadership: Hands-on engineer with a deep passion for modern technologies and methodologies. Proven track record of delivering world-class engineering solutions within complex enterprise domains. Experience in Java or equivalent. Exposure to polyglot programming languages and willingness to learn new languages as needed.
• Cloud and scalable infrastructure: Expertise in AWS core services and infrastructure as code. Skilled in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure platform infrastructure. Passion for working in complex technical domains.
• DevOps and automation: Strong experience with DevOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab), containerization (Docker), and orchestration technologies. Commitment to automation, efficiency, and delivering high-quality, developer-friendly solutions.

Additional valued skills include:

• Experience deploying and operating SaaS products on-premise, with a deep understanding of SRE principles and monitoring tools like ELK or AWS CloudWatch. Knowledge of configuration management tools like Chef.
• Understanding of Agile practices and experience working in dynamic Scrum teams. Proficiency in SDLC practices.
• AWS certifications are a plus.

This role is based in our Glasgow office.

Purpose of the role: To design, develop, and improve software that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities include:

• Developing and delivering high-quality software solutions using industry-standard programming languages, frameworks, and tools, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define requirements, devise solutions, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Participating in code reviews and promoting a culture of quality and knowledge sharing.
• Staying informed of industry trends and contributing to technology communities.
• Following secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities and protect data.
• Implementing effective unit testing practices.

Additional expectations include:

• Contributing to strategy, managing resources and policies, and driving continuous improvement.
• Leading or guiding teams, defining responsibilities, and developing talent.
• Demonstrating leadership behaviors such as listening, inspiring, aligning, and developing others.
• Advising stakeholders and managing risks.
• Building trusting relationships and influencing outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to embody Barclays Values and Mindset, fostering a respectful, innovative, and responsible work environment.