Fixed Income eTrading Platform Engineer - VP (New York)

Fixed Income eTrading Platform Engineer – VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Fixed Income eTrading Platform Engineer – VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, we are seeking an experienced eTrading Fixed Income platform engineer. You will partner with the team to lead delivery for eTrading applications and drive the technology execution for existing applications and new offerings that the Repo global business can onboard to improve efficiencies and meet long‑term goals. This leader will partner with Technology, Trading, Sales, Product, Risk, and Operations to define the future eTrading platform and automation flows for Repo trading within the firm.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery for real‑time eTrading applications and drive strategy across different business teams.
• Develop and deliver high‑quality software solutions using industry‑aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools, ensuring code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Participate in code reviews and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities.
• Adhere to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implement effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in financial services technology, with significant experience in front‑office electronic trading for Fixed Income.
• Deep Java engineering experience (including concurrency/multi‑threading and performance optimization for real‑time systems).
• Proven experience designing and delivering applications involving Java, Spring Boot, middleware/messaging, databases, API engineering, caching, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ample communication skills with the ability to translate between desk outcomes and engineering execution.
• Leadership experience in delivering real‑time eTrading applications and driving strategy across multiple business teams.

Other Highly Valued Skills

• Considerable preference for repo / fixed income financing / securities finance.
• Knowledge of current third‑party / off‑the‑shelf platforms which can assist in driving the eTrading / automation strategy.
• Experience with D2C/D2D fixed‑income market connectivity and protocols.

Location

New York, New York office.

Salary

Minimum Salary: $170,000 – Maximum Salary: $230,000 (base only; does not include other compensation or benefits).

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high‑quality software solutions using industry‑aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• 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.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and active contribution to the organization’s technology communities.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities and protect sensitive data.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change, plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and handle policy breaches.
• If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel employees on performance, and influence employee compensation decisions. Lead specialists to influence operations while balancing short‑term and long‑term goals and ensuring budget and schedule alignment.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive, including Listening, Energising, Aligning, and Developing others.
• As an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead collaborative multi‑year assignments, and train and coach less experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership and senior management, on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment to support the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls related to the work your team does.
• Show a comprehensive understanding of organisational functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas to align with business strategies and keep up to date with business activity.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought by comparing and selecting complex alternatives, employing interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Incorporate outcomes of extensive research into problem‑solving processes.
• Build trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve business objectives.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.