Engineering Lead

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. 

Accountabilities

• 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.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.

Join us as a Banking and Credit Technology Lead, where you will lead the delivery of high-quality technology solutions supporting Banking and Credit vertical for Private Banking India Business and Operations. This role combines deep technical expertise with product ownership responsibilities to drive innovation and scalability in Banking systems and satellite interfaces.
You will:

• Define and communicate the technical product vision and roadmap aligned with business goals.

• Own and manage the product backlog for PB India Banking and Credit Platforms, ensuring technical stories are well-defined and prioritized.

• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical deliverables.

• Validate technical designs and solutions against business requirements and ensure traceability.

• Coordinate with development teams to ensure timely and quality delivery.

• Lead Agile ceremonies and ensure alignment between development progress and product goals.

• Provide functional and technical support during testing phases, including UAT and regression testing.

• Ensure compliance with Barclays policies, regulatory requirements, and risk management frameworks.

• Mentor team members and promote best practices in technical product ownership and Avaloq development.

To be successful as a Banking and Credit Technology Lead, you should have:

• Experience in Banking, Credit/Lending domain and their matching technology platforms.

• Strong understanding of core banking platforms (e.g., Finacle, T24, BaNCS or any other LoS systems).

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to document functional and non-functional requirements and manage acceptance processes.

• Experience in coordinating testing activities and defect analysis.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science /engineering or an equivalent field.

• Ability to understand the Project Technical and Business Architecture.

• Should have ability to understand the requirement and build a functional solution around the same.

• Should have ability to understand the data structures and help to resolve data issues.

• Understanding of the software development lifecycle.

• In depth knowledge of and proven track record in financial services industry working in complex business and architecture environment.

• Excellent overall knowledge of banking application and in depth knowledge of several of the functional modules like Loans, Lombard Lending, credit, payments, etc.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Good to have working knowledge of JIRA, Confluence, Visio, ServiceNow and Agile.

• Experience in large IT organizations supporting mission-critical systems.

• Basic Hands-on experience with Oracle PL/SQL scripting.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as:

• Ability to design scalable and secure technical architectures.

• Proficiency in Agile delivery and backlog management.

• Analytical thinking and problem-solving capabilities.

• Stakeholder collaboration and communication effectiveness.

• Technical leadership and mentoring ability.

Job location is Mumbai.