Job Title: Tech Delivery Manager
Location: Pune

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.

Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Working Flexibly

We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Hybrid Working

BUK & BX – All locations

We're committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers' and clients' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you're a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Introduction:

Full Stack Developer is accountable to Development Lead and would be responsible to ideate, implement and improvise the ways of working using Capacity creation, Developer productivity initiatives and at the at the same time deliver multiple Strategic and growth initiative programmes . Being a full stack developer one should understand the basics and re-Architect CAS application at the same time. Also would need to Collaborate with Architects and developers as well as support and Infrastructure teams during and for the Design and development of the software components within the project scope, ensuring quality, timeliness and cost effectiveness in order to support the high performance delivery of change projects within the team.

What will you be doing?

Role of Platform function to support delivery of change –

Define and implement a world class Engineering Framework that drives consistency on delivery approach across all platforms.

• Setting architecture vision and establishing technical product roadmaps

• Utilizing knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices to inform solution design and for software development

• Providing technical leadership through translating business requirements into solution design & development

• Promoting continuous process improvement in development practices, code quality, testability & reliability

• Surface engineering / technology / infra issues with CIO and other technology support functions and activity manage risk profile with technology and engineering for the platform

• Participate and value add in demands review, impact assessment, elaboration & prioritization with Product owners

• Providing technical oversight of vendor engagement to ensure solutions meet high quality, performance and reliability standards to guarantee seamless client experience and live service stability

• Delivering on critical business priorities while evolving platform towards its strategic vision

• Creating and managing relevant application documentation

• Lead and contribute to retrospectives and lessons learnt in the development process

• Report platform team's status with regards to productivity (Blue Optima), quality (Engineering metrics) and speed of change. Identify improvement opportunities and work with engineering leads to implement

• Ensure design and architecture meet program goals

• Drive engineering best practices including focus on test automation, resilience by design, in depth security, CI/CD and improve stability

• Manage and resolve engineering issues / roadblocks with regards to delivery

• Plan and Execute Engineering workforce transformation per organization/business unit objectives & goals

• People management including engagement, career development, performance, pay decisions, team dynamics

• Be a mentor and role model for other software engineers

• Strong leadership skills with evidence of managing large teams across a range of disciplines and locations

• Fully up to date with developments in individual area of expertise and will be expected to keep abreast of emerging technologies and potential for application within the Bank

• Ability to negotiate and solicit engagement at all levels of the organisation, and strong experience of working with senior stakeholders

• Employ agile techniques such as task estimation, test automation, deployment automation and continuous integration to enhance overall execution speed and product quality
Guiding the team on how to get the most out of self-organization

Personal & Professional Development

• Use the Barclays Training portal to accelerate and maintain skills level, particularly the development of professional change skill sets

• Use the bank standard management, change management toolkit and project management toolkit to plan and deliver change projects

What we're looking for:

Personal attributes essential to performing role including competencies, expertise, knowledge, and experience.

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Setting architecture vision and establishing technical product roadmaps

• Utilizing knowledge of industry-wide technology trends and best practices to inform solution design and for software development

• Providing technical leadership through translating business requirements into solution design & development

• Promoting continuous process improvement in development practices, code quality, testability & reliability

• Surface engineering / technology / infra issues with CIO and other technology support functions and activity manage risk profile with technology and engineering for the platform

• Participate and value add in demands review, impact assessment, elaboration & prioritization with Product owners

• Providing technical oversight of vendor engagement to ensure solutions meet high quality, performance and reliability standards to guarantee seamless client experience and live service stability

• Delivering on critical business priorities while evolving platform towards its strategic vision

• Creating and managing relevant application documentation

• Lead and contribute to retrospectives and lessons learnt in the development process

• Report platform team's status with regards to productivity (Blue Optima), quality (Engineering metrics) and speed of change. Identify improvement opportunities and work with engineering leads to implement

• Ensure design and architecture meet program goals

• Drive engineering best practices including focus on test automation, resilience by design, in depth security, CI/CD and improve stability

• Manage and resolve engineering issues / roadblocks with regards to delivery

• Plan and Execute Engineering workforce transformation per organization/business unit objectives & goals

• People management including engagement, career development, performance, pay decisions, team dynamics

• Be a mentor and role model for other software engineers

• Strong leadership skills with evidence of managing large teams across a range of disciplines and locations

• Fully up to date with developments in individual area of expertise and will be expected to keep abreast of emerging technologies and potential for application within the Bank

• Ability to negotiate and solicit engagement at all levels of the organisation, and strong experience of working with senior stakeholders

• Employ agile techniques such as task estimation, test automation, deployment automation and continuous integration to enhance overall execution speed and product quality

• Good understanding of Work flow engines JBPM and RedHat PAM.
B. E, MCA or equivalent
 Banking and Cards domain knowledge
 Self-motivated, passionate, well organized individual with demonstrated problem solving skills
 Good knowledge on Agile ways of working
 Excellent communication skills – verbal & written Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage upwards and downwards, working closely with senior and junior stakeholders
 Knowledge of DevOps practices, tooling and automation: Chef, Jenkins
 Conceptual awareness on API integration
 Awareness of Infrastructure components such as Middleware products (MQ, CD, Kafka, data encryption, data isolation) from application integration & control point of view

Where will you be working?
Pune

Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. 'Be More @ Barclays' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It's the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency, and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise, and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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