Principal Engineer
Financial Services
PrincipalEngineer-CPTO,BPL
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“Principal Engineer - CPTO, BPL at Principal Engineer. Skills: Software design, Technical leadership, Strategic planning, Mentoring. Drive technical excellence. Drive innovation”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure delivery of high-quality solutions; Align solutions with business objectives; Optimize product roadmaps; Foster professional growth; Foster knowledge sharing; Elevate overall skillset; Elevate capabilities; Ensure cohesive approach; Ensure product development cohesion; Ensure business is strategically positioned; Position for long-term growth; Drive performance alignment; Underpin long-term commitment; Deliver to consistently 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 and machine learning frameworks, Experience with cloud-native distributed architectures
What You'll Do.
Drive technical excellence
Lead design of solutions
Lead implementation of solutions
Provide mentorship to teams
Foster cross-functional collaboration
Contribute to strategic planning
Ensure delivery of solutions
Align solutions with business objectives
Provide guidance to teams
Provide expertise to teams
Ensure alignment with best practices
Foster culture of technical excellence
Contribute to strategic planning
Align technical decisions with business goals
Anticipate future technology trends
Provide insights to optimize roadmaps
Design complex software solutions
Design scalable software solutions
Design maintainable software solutions
Consider long-term viability
Consider business objectives
Mentor junior engineers
Mentor mid-level engineers
Coach junior engineers
Coach mid-level engineers
Foster professional growth
Foster knowledge sharing
Elevate organization skillset
Elevate organization capabilities
Collaborate with business partners
Collaborate with product managers
Collaborate with designers
Collaborate with stakeholders
Translate business requirements
Translate into technical solutions
Ensure cohesive approach
Ensure product development cohesion
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 strategic initiatives
Plan complex projects
Manage complex projects
Consult on complex projects
Plan critical projects
Manage critical projects
Consult on critical projects
Plan strategic projects
Manage strategic projects
Consult on strategic projects
Manage team direction
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 profits
Provide information affecting risks
Provide information affecting decisions
Provide expert advice
Influence decisions outside function
Coordinate resourcing
Manage policy creation
Coordinate policy creation
Enable policy creation
Escalate breaches of policies
Escalate breaches of procedure
Ensure regulations observed
Ensure processes in place
Focus on external environment
Monitor external environment
Influence external environment
Demonstrate function integration knowledge
Achieve business objectives
Maintain industry theories knowledge
Maintain industry practices knowledge
Maintain sector knowledge
Maintain functional knowledge
Gain market development insight
Gain market initiative insight
Use interpretative thinking
Use advanced analytical skills
Exercise management authority
Make significant decisions
Make strategic decisions
Negotiate with stakeholders
Influence stakeholders
Act as principal contact point
Demonstrate leadership behaviours
Create environment for colleagues
Deliver to excellent standard
Demonstrate Barclays Values
Demonstrate Barclays Mindset
Process billions of pounds
Transform payments acceptance business
Broaden range of services
Enhance client experience
Create environment of innovation
Ensure business is positioned
Position for long-term growth
Manage financial investment
Drive performance alignment
Underpin long-term commitment
Create standalone entity
Implement everything-as-code
Trial new technologies
Pilot new technologies
Assess risk and controls
Execute transformation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional collaboration; Collaboration with business partners; Collaboration with product managers; Collaboration with designers; Collaboration with stakeholders; Cross functional teams; Cross functionally
Communication Scope
Expert advice; Spokesperson
Process & Methodology
Strategic planning, Complex project management, Critical project management, Strategic project management, Agile
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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