Job Description

Job Title: iOS Senior Software Developer 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 career, 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.
Introduction:

• To contribute to the software development for one or more applications / products across the detailed design, build and unit test phases of the lifecycle.
• To maintain a technical understanding of a component or sub-component within an application / product, providing support for technical queries, live incidents and problems.
• To ensure that the technical integrity and quality of the applications / products is maintained across their lifetime, contributing to the development of any technical changes being proposed.
• To build knowledge of how technical strategies are defined to provide business solutions.

What will you be doing? Technical Consultancy (5%)

• Review Technical Feasibility Studies (TFS) for projects that impact applications / products within domain, and assess potential impact.
• Review Advice and Guidance (A&G) documents and project Plan and Estimates (P&Es) that impact applications / products within domain, and assess potential impact.
• Solve software-related problems, providing analysis and recommendations as appropriate.
• Develop an awareness of new tools, processes and technical developments relevant to component area of expertise.

Requirements Gathering (10%)

• Review business requirements to understand how system requirements fit within overall business solution. Challenge any requirements that are incomplete or do not provide sufficient clarity to support effective system development.
• Review requirements to ensure that all areas of functional and non-functional requirements (e.g. capacity, availability, response times, etc.) have been considered.
• Support business clients in defining detailed 'testable' requirements.
• Understand technical constraints of live application / product, support business clients in understanding any ‘requirement versus cost’ trade-offs.

Technical Development – Application Management (Design, Build, Unit Test) (70%)

• Participate in technical implementation planning, ensuring that the integrity of live operations will be maintained.
• Support the handover of software into business-as-usual (BAU) operation, providing the relevant IT service teams with information and education relating to the system technology and function.
• Coordination and resolution of the Problem Management of system problems.
• Understand the various phases of the software development lifecycle.
• Undertake impact assessment of problem records against applications / products within domain.
• Review test strategies to guarantee the quality of the delivered software assist in the diagnosis of system problems encountered during testing.
• Collaborate with other software engineers across teams to build technical solution.
• Deliver to all software engineering quality standards / benchmarks.
• Complete assignment work to budget, time and quality requirements. Document all work in accordance with agreed standards, and with re-use in mind

Project Management (5%)

• Assist in the identification, management and resolution of any software-related Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies (RAIDs) that may impact UK RBB.
• Track work and report progress to team leader on a timely basis

Team Leadership and Staff Development (10%)

• Understand emerging software development methods, tools and standards. Look for ways to apply as appropriate.
• Identify own development needs and seek opportunities to address these needs through guidance, coaching and formal training.

What we’re looking for: Knowledge and Expertise

• End-to-end software development lifecycle
• Software development methodologies, e.g. waterfall, agile
• Awareness of leading-edge tools, techniques, services within IT
• Ability to interface with infrastructure and service management areas.

Key Competencies
Business Skills

• Understanding customer needs and priorities to providing quality services.
• Using creative problem solving and successfully executing tasks.
• Explaining, advocating and expressing facts and ideas in a variety of settings both orally and in writing.

Control Environment

• Awareness of, adherence to and compliance with governance, risk policies, procedures and compliance policies.
• The ability and willingness to escalate breaches of policies and procedures.
• The ability to maintain appropriate documentation.

Personal and Interpersonal

• Demonstrate integrity, initiative and commitment when interacting with colleagues & clients.
• Win together through collaboration & teamwork.
• Be aware of personal development needs and work to gain the experiences and training necessary to progress professionally and remain current.
• Contribute to the bank’s well-being & culture.

Skills that will help you in the role: Technical Knowledge

• Maintaining an in-depth understanding of relevant and up to date technical knowledge, applications and techniques
• Using technical knowledge to create new opportunities and solutions
• End-to-end software development lifecycle
• Software development methodologies, e.g. waterfall, agile
• Awareness of leading-edge tools, techniques and services within IT
• Software development consisting of following languages and technology:
  • iOS
• Strong level of experience of IT software development (essential)
• Knowledge of tools like SonarQube, Jenkins etc.
• Knowledge of DevOps and continuous integration
• Financial services (preferred)
• Large-scale blue-chip organizations such as Barclays (preferred)
• Broad knowledge of Barclays Group (beneficial)

Educational qualification

• BSc degree in relevant software engineering discipline, equivalent to UK 2nd class honors (preferred).
• Formal qualification in area of specialism, e.g. Sun Java certification (beneficial)

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.