Barclays

Senior Software Engineer

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2 hours ago
Prague, CzechiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and deliver scalable, maintainable, secure, and high-performance software solutions.
  • Lead the design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems, define target architectures, and drive technical strategy across stakeholder groups.
  • Collaborate with product managers, designers, engineers, senior stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define requirements and deliver complex projects.
  • Participate in code reviews, promote code quality and knowledge sharing, and implement effective unit testing practices.
  • Guide technical direction, train and coach less experienced specialists, and contribute to technology communities.
  • Manage and mitigate risks and strengthen controls related to the team’s work.
  • Advise functional leadership and senior management on cross-functional impacts, alignment, and strategic decisions.
  • Drive continuous improvement, innovation, automation, and adaptation to changing business needs.

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading the design and delivery of large-scale distributed systems and defining target architectures.
  • Considerable experience managing senior stakeholders, influencing outcomes, driving cross-functional collaboration, and completing complex projects.
  • Extensive proficiency in Java, DevOps, event-driven and messaging architectures, databases, automation, and scripting.
  • Experience building scalable, resilient, and high-performance platforms.
  • Understanding of AI/ML technologies, LLMs, agentic AI, and multi-agent architectures for enterprise software solutions is highly valued.
  • Experience with cloud-native and observability technologies, including Kubernetes, OpenShift, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and Elastic Stack, is highly valued.
  • Strong communication, presentation, influencing, analytical, strategic-thinking, risk-management, and business-acumen skills.
  • Ability to adapt priorities, embrace changing business needs, and drive continuous improvement through innovation and automation.

Benefits

  • Prague office-based role.
  • Competitive country-specific Barclays benefits are available.
  • Eligible for an incentive award.
  • Annual full-time-equivalent base salary range of Kč 1,884,000.00 to Kč 2,301,000.00, excluding other compensation and benefits.

Tech Stack

GrafanaJavaKubernetesOpenShift

Categories

Barclays

About Barclays

10,000+ employees

Our vision is to be the UK-centred leader in global finance. We are a diversified bank with comprehensive UK consumer, corporate and wealth and private banking franchises, a leading investment bank and a strong, specialist US consumer bank. Through these five divisions, we are working together for a better financial future for our customers, clients, and communities. For further information about Barclays, please visit home.barclays.

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