Description
We are seeking an experienced Resilience Recovery Engineer - Software to join the Resilience Operations team, working alongside CTO Platform Engineering.
In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain cyber resilience and recovery tooling that enables teams across Barclays to autonomously manage protection and recovery operations.
You'll work on a distributed microservices platform that orchestrates complex workflows across multi-infrastructure environments, integrates with enterprise governance systems, and handles real-time event streaming and state management.
You will partner with infrastructure teams, security teams, and application owners to deliver solutions that reduce recovery times, improve operational efficiency, and strengthen the bank's overall resilience posture.
As a senior engineer, you'll own key architectural decisions, mentor team members, and contribute to evolving our platform's scalability, reliability, and security.
Responsibilities
- 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.
Requirements
- Experience in React or Angular front-end development (responsive, accessible UIs).
- Experience in Go backend development, including REST API design and service integration.
- Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines (build, test, scan, deploy automation).
- Experience with containerised applications on Kubernetes/OpenShift (deploy, run, troubleshoot).
Nice to Have
- TypeScript and modern front-end tooling and patterns.
- API security and integration: OAuth2/OIDC/JWT, mTLS; data stores and messaging.
- Helm and Infrastructure as Code, monitoring and logging.
- Experience as a thought leader and innovator with cloud and containerisation technologies.
- Proven track record of delivering transformation at scale, moving legacy applications to cloud-native micro-services architecture.