Platform Lead

Company: Barclays
Location: Hanover
Posted on: April 10, 2021

Job Description:

As a significant global financial organisation, we're fundamental to the way the world works and technology is crucial to our effectiveness. For us, technology is more than an investment, it's a way of life and permeates everything we do. That's why we can offer all the stretch and excitement you are looking for in your tech career. Senior Credit Trading Platform Java Developer - VP
Whippany, NJ
Barclays Credit Technology team is embarking on a multi-year effort to rebuild the platform from the ground up. We are looking for Senior Developers to design, prototype, build, and deliver a state of the art trading and pricing platform. The Fixed Income Trading Technology team covers all electronic trading technology for the Rates, Credit, and Securitized Products asset classes.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.
What will you be doing? --- Design and Develop components of the new Credit Platform
--- Motivate, Lead and Develop a team of full stack and backend software engineers
--- Improve our engineering expertise, improve coding standards, quality and test practices
--- Optimize application performance by profiling, finding inefficiencies and bottlenecks
--- Co-ordinate with global development team, work with QA to deliver global releases
--- Work with traders, operations, and support to analyze new requirements, explain new features and investigate reported issues
--- Manage the full project development lifecycle, from design definition and specification through to deployment and handover for multiple business lines
--- Manage multiple work streams in parallel
What we're looking for: --- Minimum of 10+ years of experience in Core Java
--- 5-10 years experience in developing low-latency trading systems
--- Experience with Cloud and Caching Technologies
--- Experience of multi-threading, performance tuning
Skills that will help you in the role: --- Knowledge of the Fixed Income products and trade processing knowledge, the financial markets and trading is a plus
--- Understanding of messaging/middleware technologies (Solace, MQ) is a plus
--- HTML/Angular is a plus
--- Familiarity with DVCS (Git), Atlassian Toolset (Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket) and CI (TeamCity)
Where will you be working? Our next-generation workplace in Whippany allows talented, passionate, down-to-earth colleagues to connect daily. With state-of-the-art work facilities and many added features like pool tables, caf--s and a gym - it's a place you can call home.
But we recognize there's life outside work. With our commitment to investing in our people, there is also the opportunity for flexible and dynamic working - empowering you to find the right balance between your personal and professional responsibilities. We're also dedicated to the wider community; our Citizenship program is focused around how we play our part in overcoming the challenges that face our societies.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit--home.barclays/who-we-are/ --for more details.
About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Our Values Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Our Diversity We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.
It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Our Benefits Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us. However high you rise at Barclays, we believe all our employees should receive a competitive package of core benefits flexible to you and your family's needs. At Barclays, you'll support our customers and clients, and we'll support you with rewards that will genuinely make a difference. Private medical care Competitive pay Life assurance Pension contribution Income protection Voluntary benefits Success profile To be successful in Barclays Technology, there are a few things we look for. Creativity, curiosity, and an excitement of what we can offer, and what you can do here. Languages and
Technologies We are continually investing in the technology powering our business. This means rebuilding and reinventing our systems to make them fit for a world-class future. It means developing systems that help us support and protect the global economy. It means anticipating the future and taking Barclays forward as a technology-led business. We are building a team of the most perceptive and talented tech analysts, engineers and developers fluent in the most current languages to deliver all of this, and more. Where do you want to take your tech career? Financial services is going through a massive transformation, and here at Barclays we're leading the way. Our size, scale and significance mean we're fundamental to the way the world works, and technology is crucial to our effectiveness. Size, stability, agility, ambition and impact. Find it all and more at Barclays Technology. "Barclays' strong values of Service and Excellence are very much evident in the work we do. Our exciting tech solutions have improved customer and colleague experiences, and added huge value to the bank." Ramya Delivery Manager and Business Analyst - Pune, India "I find that the work/life balance in my current role allows me to be more productive and flexible, to ensure my personal and professional 'lives' have the attention they need." Patrick Head of Client Management Application Support - Whippany, New Jersey "Barclays technology has a crucial role to play and I have relished the opportunity to be involved in game-changing tech programmes." Amy Business Banking and BFA Chief Information Officer - Radbroke, Knutsford "The great thing about Barclays is that I get to work on great technological pieces, while seeing the effect they have on this important business." Martin Electronic Trading Technology - Prague, Czech Republic "Barclays' strong values of Service and Excellence are very much evident in the work we do. Our exciting tech solutions have improved customer and colleague experiences, and added huge value to the bank." Ramya Delivery Manager and Business Analyst - Pune, India "I find that the work/life balance in my current role allows me to be more productive and flexible, to ensure my personal and professional 'lives' have the attention they need." Patrick Head of Client Management Application Support - Whippany, New Jersey "Barclays technology has a crucial role to play and I have relished the opportunity to be involved in game-changing tech programmes." Amy Business Banking and BFA Chief Information Officer - Radbroke, Knutsford "The great thing about Barclays is that I get to work on great technological pieces, while seeing the effect they have on this important business." Martin Electronic Trading Technology - Prague, Czech Republic "Barclays' strong values of Service and Excellence are very much evident in the work we do. Our exciting tech solutions have improved customer and colleague experiences, and added huge value to the bank." Ramya Delivery Manager and Business Analyst - Pune, India

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