Description
We are seeking a DCF Lead to join our team at Barclays, where you will lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Leading engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organisational objectives
- Overseeing timelines, team allocation, risk management, and task prioritisation to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget
- Mentoring and supporting team members' professional growth, conducting performance reviews, providing actionable feedback, and identifying opportunities for improvement
- Evaluating and enhancing engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimise team productivity
- Collaborating with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development
- Enforcing technology standards, facilitating peer reviews, and implementing robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions
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
The ideal candidate will have experience with:
- Strong polyglot engineering experience across application and systems programming languages such as C, C++, Rust, Java, .NET, and Python
- Expertise in designing, building, and operating High Performance Computing (HPC) and distributed computing platforms
- Experience with HPC technologies such as IBM Symphony, DataSynapse, Root, MPI, or equivalent grid computing frameworks
- Strong understanding of Linux, operating systems, networking, and infrastructure engineering
- Experience building scalable compute platforms on containerised and cloud-based environments
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and communication skills
Some other highly valued skills include:
- Experience within Investment Banking, Market Risk, or Wholesale Risk technology
- Knowledge of numerical computing, optimisation techniques, and statistical modelling
- Experience with GPU-based computing and acceleration frameworks
- Understanding of large-scale risk calculation platforms and regulatory initiatives such as Basel IV
- Experience designing shared platform services and engineering infrastructure consumed by multiple application teams