Principal Engineer- Payments

Barclays

Lead engineering teams
Drive technical excellence
Oversee timelines and risk management
To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives

Job Summary

  • To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.
  • Own and shape the end‑end technical architecture of the Payments Platform, ensuring scalability, resilience, and regulatory compliance.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to senior engineers, tech leads, and architects across Payments Technology.

Matching Summary

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Lead engineering teams
  • Drive technical excellence
  • Oversee timelines and risk management
  • Evaluate and enhance engineering processes
  • Collaborate with business partners
  • Enforce technology standards
  • Own and shape end-to-end technical architecture
  • Act as design authority
  • Define and enforce engineering standards
  • Lead technical decisions across multi-rail payments
  • Embed security and operational resilience
  • Drive platform modernization
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship
  • Influence delivery without direct line management
  • Ensure high standards of engineering quality

Nice-to-have

  • Foster a collaborative culture
  • Foster a culture of innovation
  • Align technical decisions with business objectives
  • Mentor and support team members
  • Act as deep technical expert and thought leader
  • Identify new ways of working
  • Provide expert advice to senior management
  • Negotiate with and influence senior stakeholders
  • Act as principal contact point
  • Demonstrate leadership behaviours
  • Demonstrate Barclays Values
  • Demonstrate Barclays Mindset

Key Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group
  • Broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices
  • Insight into external market developments / initiatives
  • Interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills
  • Management authority to make significant decisions
  • Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level

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