Principal Engineer
Financial Services
PrincipalEngineer-CPTO,BPL
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“Principal Engineer - CPTO, BPL at Principal Engineer. Skills: Software solutions, Technical excellence, Strategic planning. Drive technical excellence. Drive innovation”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions; Optimize product roadmaps; Elevate skillset of organization; Elevate capabilities of organization; Embed performance culture; Deliver to excellent standard
Industry & Context.
Interpretative thinking; Advanced analytical skills; Solve problems; Design solutions; Root cause analysis; Debugging; Troubleshooting
3 days per week office-based
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Deep technical expertise, Thought leader, Manage organisation wide projects, Train less experienced specialists, Provide information affecting long term profits, Provide information affecting organisational risks, Provide information affecting strategic decisions, Expert advice to senior functional management, Influence decisions made outside own function, Significant input to function wide strategic initiatives, Manage resourcing, Manage budgeting, Manage policy creation, Escalate breaches of policies, Escalate breaches of procedure, Foster compliance, Guide compliance, Ensure regulations observed, Ensure relevant processes in place, Focus on external environment, Monitor external environment, Influence external environment, Demonstrate knowledge of function integration, Maintain broad knowledge of industry theories, Maintain broad knowledge of industry practices, Maintain up-to-date sector knowledge, Maintain up-to-date functional knowledge, Insight into external market developments, Insight into external market initiatives, Interpretative thinking, Advanced analytical skills, Solve problems, Design solutions, Exercise management authority, Make significant decisions, Make certain strategic decisions, Negotiate with senior stakeholders, Influence senior stakeholders, Act as principal contact point, Demonstrate leadership behaviours, Create environment for colleagues to thrive, Deliver to excellent standard, Demonstrate Barclays Values, Demonstrate Barclays Mindset
Nice to Have
Experience with Python, Experience with machine learning frameworks
What You'll Do.
Drive technical excellence
Lead design of software solutions
Lead implementation of software solutions
Provide mentorship to engineering teams
Foster cross-functional collaboration
Contribute to strategic planning
Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions
Align technical decisions with business goals
Anticipate future technology trends
Provide insights to optimize product roadmaps
Design complex software solutions
Implement complex software solutions
Design scalable software solutions
Implement scalable software solutions
Design maintainable software solutions
Implement maintainable software solutions
Mentor junior engineers
Mentor mid-level engineers
Coach junior engineers
Coach mid-level engineers
Foster professional growth
Foster knowledge sharing
Elevate skillset of organization
Elevate capabilities of organization
Collaborate with business partners
Collaborate with product managers
Collaborate with designers
Collaborate with stakeholders
Translate business requirements
Ensure cohesive approach to product development
Innovate within organization
Identify new technologies
Incorporate new technologies
Identify new methodologies
Incorporate new methodologies
Identify industry practices
Incorporate industry practices
Manage a business function
Provide input to function wide strategic initiatives
Influence policy for function
Influence procedures for function
Plan complex strategic projects
Manage complex strategic projects
Consult on complex strategic projects
Plan critical strategic projects
Manage critical strategic projects
Consult on critical strategic projects
Manage direction of large team
Manage direction of sub-function
Lead other people managers
Embed performance culture
Lead organisation wide projects
Act as deep technical expert
Act as thought leader
Identify new ways of working
Collaborate cross functionally
Train less experienced specialists
Guide less experienced specialists
Coach less experienced specialists
Provide information affecting long term profits
Provide information affecting organisational risks
Provide information affecting strategic decisions
Provide expert advice to senior functional management
Provide expert advice to committees
Influence decisions made outside own function
Provide input to function wide strategic initiatives
Manage resourcing for sub-function
Coordinate resourcing for sub-function
Enable resourcing for sub-function
Manage budgeting for sub-function
Coordinate budgeting for sub-function
Enable budgeting for sub-function
Manage policy creation for sub-function
Coordinate policy creation for sub-function
Enable policy creation for sub-function
Escalate breaches of policies
Escalate breaches of procedure
Ensure regulations observed
Ensure relevant processes in place
Focus on external environment
Monitor external environment
Influence external environment
Demonstrate knowledge of function integration
Maintain knowledge of industry theories
Maintain knowledge of industry practices
Maintain up-to-date sector knowledge
Maintain up-to-date functional knowledge
Gain insight into external market developments
Gain insight into external market initiatives
Use interpretative thinking
Use advanced analytical skills
Solve problems in complex situations
Solve problems in sensitive situations
Design solutions in complex situations
Design solutions in sensitive situations
Exercise management authority
Make significant decisions
Make certain strategic decisions
Make recommendations within own area
Negotiate with senior stakeholders
Influence senior stakeholders
Act as principal contact point for clients
Act as principal contact point for counterparts
Act as spokesperson for function
Act as spokesperson for business division
Demonstrate leadership behaviours
Create environment for colleagues to thrive
Deliver to excellent standard
Demonstrate Barclays Values
Demonstrate Barclays Mindset
Create backlog features
Implement everything-as-code
Trial new technologies
Pilot new technologies
Share designs transparently
Share failures transparently
Share successes transparently
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Collaborate with business partners; Collaborate with product managers; Collaborate with designers; Collaborate with stakeholders; Cross-functional agile teams; Collaborate cross functionally
Communication Scope
Expert advice; Spokesperson
Process & Methodology
Strategic planning, Roadmap planning, Agile, Scrum, Kanban
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives. **Accountabilities** * Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence. * Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps. * Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives. * Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization. * Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development. * Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process. **Director Expectations** * To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.. * They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader,
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