Investment Bank – Trading Venues Solutions -VP

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•$170,000 - $230,000

About The Position

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. Embark on a transformative journey as an Investment Bank – Trading Venues Solutions – VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In your role as an Investment Bank – Trading Venues Solutions -VP you will be at the core of our Capital Markets technology platform, supporting critical Stock Loan and Equity Finance businesses globally. In this individual contributor role, you’ll work closely with trading, product, and technology teams, taking an active role to design and build high-performance systems, influence architectural decisions, and deliver scalable front-office solutions with real business impact using your advance Java development skills.

Requirements

Significant experience working within Capital Markets/ Securities Lending with good knowledge of Stock Loan and Equity Finance products across asset classes
Advanced Java development, including multi-threading, memory management, and performance tuning
Experience designing and building enterprise applications using Spring Boot and the broader Spring ecosystem
Experience developing and optimizing relational database solutions using Microsoft SQL Server
Experience building message-driven and asynchronous systems using technologies such as JMS, Solace, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or ActiveMQ

Nice To Haves

Designing and operating microservices-based architectures in Java and Spring Boot
Deploying applications on cloud platforms and using containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
Implementing automated testing, TDD practices, and CI/CD pipelines
Using Git and structured branching strategies in large-scale development environments
Applying good analytical and problem-solving skills to complex technical and business challenges

Responsibilities

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.
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.