Join us at Barclays as a Data Engineer. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and enhancing data and software solutions that enable critical business, platform, and technology capabilities across the organisation. You will support the ongoing evolution of the Alteryx platform, ensuring reliability, scalability, and operational excellence while partnering closely with stakeholders to meet growing business requirements.
To succeed as a Data Engineer, you should have experience in the following:
- Extensive proficiency in Python for developing scalable, maintainable, and high-performing data and software solutions.
- Ample experience with the Alteryx platform, including workflow development, platform administration, troubleshooting, and optimisation.
- Working with Agile delivery methodologies and tools such as Jira to manage development activities and deliver business outcomes.
- Designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade data engineering solutions that meet business and technology requirements.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders, to deliver integrated technology solutions.
- Experience with software engineering best practices including code reviews, testing, secure coding, and continuous improvement.
Other highly valued skills include:
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerised application environments.
- Environment management and deployment experience across development, testing, and production landscapes.
- Knowledge of prompt engineering and the application of AI-assisted capabilities within engineering and analytics workflows.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology expertise, as well as job-specific technical skills including Python development, Alteryx platform engineering, software development best practices, and platform management.
This position is based in our Northampton and Knutsford offices.
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.
Assistant Vice President Expectations
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
- Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
- Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
- Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
- Influence or convince stakeholders 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.
