AI Software Engineer in Knutsford

Join us as an AI Software Engineer. In this role you will be responsible for the design, development and improvement of software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Required Skills

• Experience of Strategic Technical Leadership.
• Experience of Cross‑Functional Stakeholder Management.
• Experience of Advanced Software Architecture.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Large‑Scale Legacy Enterprise Transformations.
• Experience in Open‑Source Contribution.
• Executive Communication Skills.

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 and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills. This role is based in Glasgow, Knutsford, or Manchester.

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 optimised 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, participation in code reviews, and promotion of a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Staying informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contributing 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, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
• Lead specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Display leadership behaviours that create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards.
• Demonstrate the four LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• As an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction.
• Lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, guide team members through structured assignments, and identify needs for inclusion of other areas of specialisation.
• Advising key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Managing and mitigating risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrating leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work the team does.
• Demonstrating comprehensive understanding of the organization’s functions to contribute to achieving the business goals.
• Collaborating with other areas of work for business‑aligned support to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Creating solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, selecting complex alternatives, and applying interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopting and including outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes.
• Seeking, building, and maintaining trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Values

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.