Senior Solution Architect at Barclays in Whippany, NJ

As a Barclays Senior Solution Architect, you will be critical to growing the banks Consumer Loans Platform and related banking technologies by being part of the core engineering development team. You will use your expertise to create a culture of continuous improvement, automation and learning as you build and run large-scale, distributed and fault-tolerant systems. You will drive development teams to solutions that deliver software that enriches the lives of its end users.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

What will you be doing?

• Being outcome focused, contributing individually to the code base and driving innovation into the product build within the team
• Working in a fast-paced environment with business, technology and designers to build new capabilities, platforms, features and improve existing capabilities, products and features
• Working on large-scale, custom distributed systems using Java Enterprise, Spring, Angular/React JS
• Helping drive designs towards scalable platforms, asynchronous, functional & reactive systems
• Thought leadership and bringing industry best solutions and architecture mindset to the forefront
• Ability to think on feet and solve complex business and engineering problems
• Responsibility for the quality of software and help address any customer satisfaction issues
• Employ agile techniques such as task estimation, test automation, deployment automation and continuous integration to enhance overall execution speed and product quality

What we’re looking for:

• Significant experience building object-oriented solutions and Enterprise Applications using modern languages like Java
• Deep understanding of enterprise architectures, integration patterns, cloud computing, encryption and API security
• Thorough understanding of OOPS, Java Enterprise, Spring, Oracle, Mongo, Rest Web Services, Active MQ, Kafka type messaging tools
• Expertise in Code Refactoring, Performance optimization, Problem Solving and Debugging JVM issues

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Experience with continuous delivery, dev-ops, open source technologies & Agile/Lean software development (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, XP).
• Extensive experience building highly scalable, concurrent, large volume, event-driven systems
• Knowledge of software practices such as TDD, BDD, great communication skills and ability to work independently
• Experience with Domain Driven Design, Event Driven Architectures, API Gateway Patterns, Circuit Breaker patterns, and CQRS architecture

Where will you be working?

At Barclays, we are proud to be redefining the future of finance and here at Whippany we are defining the future of the workplace and the future of the way we work and live. We are creating a unique community, one of four strategic tech-enabled hubs that will redefine opportunity for everyone who works here. Whatever you do at Whippany, you’ll have every chance to build a world-class career in this world-class environment.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

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.

Our Values

Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Our Diversity

We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

Our Benefits

Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.