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Senior Engineer

Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Key Information

Date live: 07/07/2026

Business Area: Customer Digital and Data

Area of Expertise: Technology

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000115335

Barclays and Tesco Bank

Tesco Bank helps more than three million customers manage their money a little better every day. Barclays acquired Tesco’s retail banking business in the UK in 2024, and we’ve been growing together ever since. We offer Credit Card, Savings and Loans products that earn Clubcard points. For customers, that means more choice and better rewards. For colleagues, it means broader career paths and bigger opportunities.

Technology

Bringing together the strengths of Barclays and Tesco Bank, we’re passionate about using the latest tech to make it easy and intuitive for customers to meet their financial goals. We’re 100% Agile and totally customer obsessed. Our engineers are embedded across the bank, working seamlessly with the rest of the business. They are empowered to own solutions end-to-end and make an impact every day.

Join us as a Senior Engineer at Barclays UK, where you will develop, implement, and maintain solutions that safeguard the bank’s systems and sensitive information while supporting critical Run the Bank activities across the Business Works and Apigee Edge platforms. In this AVP-level role within the API Platform Team, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting technical services that enable key customer journeys and business operations, while also participating in an out-of-hours on-call rota for one week each month.

To be successful as a Senior Engineer at Barclays UK, you should have experience with:

1. TIBCO BusinessWorks Expertise (BW 5/6)

  • Strong hands-on experience designing, building, and supporting integrations using TIBCO BusinessWorks, or potentially an alternative product (e.g. Mulesoft)

2. Cloud & Container Platforms (AWS + Kubernetes)

  • Solid experience deploying and running applications on AWS (e.g., ECS/EKS, networking, IAM, monitoring).
  • Practical knowledge of containerisation (Docker) and Kubernetes deployments, including CI/CD integration.

3. DevOps & Agile Delivery (SAFe)

  • Demonstrated experience working in a true DevOps model: build, deploy, support, and operate services end-to-end.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

1. Integration & Messaging Technologies

  • Experience with messaging systems (e.g., EMS, Kafka, MQ).7

2. Observability & Production Support

  • Experience with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., DataDog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, CloudWatch).
  • Strong incident management, root cause analysis, and production support practices.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in Edinburgh.

#TescoBankTechnology

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement and maintain solutions that support the safeguarding of the banks systems and sensitive information.  

Accountabilities

  • Provision of subject matter expertise on security systems and engineering patterns.
  • Development and implementation of protocols, algorithms, and software applications to protect sensitive data and systems.
  • Management and protection of secrets, ensuring that they are securely generated, stored, and used.
  • Execution of audits to monitor, identify and assess vulnerabilities in the banks infrastructure/software and support the response to potential security breaches.
  • Identification of advancements in to support the innovation and adoption of new cryptographic technologies and techniques.
  • Collaboration across the bank, including developers and security teams, to ensure that cryptographic solutions align with business objectives, security policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Development/ Implementation and maintenance of Identity and Access Management solutions and systems.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
  • Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
  • Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
  • Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
  • Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
  • Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

This role may be subject to enhanced governance arrangements. If successful, you may be required to comply with additional regulatory and compliance obligations, such as disclosure of personal trading activities and external interest/affiliations.

Further information on these requirements will be provided at a later stage of the process.

Our People

"It’s been an amazing journey so far, with supportive colleagues and opportunities to learn and grow every day."

"After graduating from university with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting with Corporate Finance, I began exploring a career in technology, driven by a long-standing interest in the field. Completing the Code First Girls ‘Introduction to Python and Apps’ CFGdegree and +Masters programmes helped build the foundation for the career I wanted to pursue. Today, I’m part of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) team in Platform Engineering. My role includes patching EC2 instances, updating Lambda function runtimes across multiple AWS accounts, and establishing PrivateLink endpoints for third-party connections.

Starting a new role can feel both exciting and challenging, but it’s been a great experience so far. I’ve been supported by colleagues and have had the opportunity to learn and grow every day."

Kat, Systems Engineer

Who succeeds in Tech at Tesco Bank?

The tech people who thrive here love to stay close to the customer and take personal ownership for solving problems. This is a friendly and inclusive environment, with a can-do, keep it simple ethos, where you’ll be encouraged to expand your skills and build a career that grows with you.

We listen to one another, seek out different perspectives and are open to new ideas. We keep teams small, flexible and agile, so they can react fast and make better decisions. That process of testing, listening, learning and improving through open feedback and collaboration gives our work real energy.

Qualities we look for:motivator, supporter, connector, driver, communicator, transformer, maker, observer

What you'll get in return

Competitive holiday allowance

Life assurance

Private medical care

Pension contribution

Our technology

We understand the importance of giving engineers the best tools to work with. We are 100% Agile, committed to automation, and our tech stack is updated and upgraded regularly. This allows our tech teams to focus on making an impact by solving customer problems not technical issues. As we grow, we’re making major investments in Product Management and Agentic AI, while finding new ways to draw customer insights from our rich resource of Tesco Clubcard data.

Working in Edinburgh

Our bright, modern EHQ building is based in the busy business district at the Gyle, to the west of Edinburgh. It’s an area well served by public transport and within walking distance from Bankhead tram station as well as South Gyle and Edinburgh Park train stations.

Hybrid working

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Application process

1

Your application

We’ll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.

2

Your assessment

Covering your behaviours and ability at work.

3

Your interview

Exploring your past experiences and skills.

4

Next step

We’ll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process.

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