Senior Full Stack AI Engineer - VP

We are seeking a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer - VP to join our team at Barclays. As a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer - VP, you will play a key role in developing financial models and mission-critical trading tools that support a broad range of GMO (Global banking Operations).

You will collaborate closely with Technology, Product Management, and business stakeholders to transform evolving trading strategies and business needs into project plans, requirements, and estimates that align with the firm's overall product and business objectives.

The successful candidate will have considerable hands-on experience developing production-grade backend applications in Java 17+, with expertise in object-oriented design, concurrency, collections, unit testing, code reviews, and live-production troubleshooting.

Key responsibilities include:

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions using industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools
• 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 organisation'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

As a Vice President, you will be expected to:

• Contribute to 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
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work of your team
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation's functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business

Highly valued skills include:

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ample DevOps expertise, including CI/CD pipeline implementation, containerization, infrastructure-as-code, automated testing, release management, and ownership of monitoring, incident response, and continuous service improvement
• Good understanding of Financial Markets and Trade Lifecycle processes
• Proven ability to provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams

In return, Barclays offers a competitive salary package, ranging from $170,000 to $230,000, and a suite of employee benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

The role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.