BARX Fx Barcorp C++ Dev
Pune (Pune) Bachelor's Degree IT development
Job description
Location: Pune, India
Department: IB Tech : AETT
Grade: AVP
About Barclays
Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays' purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions – in the right way.
With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.
At Barclays, we recruit based on merit and are committed to promoting diversity throughout our organisation.
About Algo and Electronic Trading Technology (AETT):
AETT works closely with all asset class-aligned businesses and Technology teams to ensure coordination and partnership across Barclays Electronic Strategy. AETT enables Barclays to build industry leading, common, cross-asset class solutions using talent dedicated to electronic trading technology. Please visit our website here for more information.
About BARX FX:
BARX FX Technology team delivers award-winning software solutions to our global Foreign Exchange business. The team provides an integrated suite of front-to-back technology for pricing, trade capture and risk management for external clients, sales, traders and risk managers. The firm has won numerous awards in Foreign Exchange, ranging from ecommerce to complex derivatives and particularly for its market-leading BARX FX trading platform.
The global team has forged strong partnerships with the business and the infrastructure groups including: quantitative analysis, finance, operations, product control and risk management functions. The ethos of these teams is to create flexible, innovative, robust and well-engineered systems that are architected to support business growth and innovation.
Overall purpose of role
o Develop and support c++ applications for BARX application suite.
o These include design and development of server side applications to implement new functionalities and supporting the existing applications
Key Accountabilities
o Would be expected to carry out all steps of the development lifecycle to deliver new versions of sub-systems within BARX along with providing support for the existing version
o Working with the team and product owner to understand the requirements
o Analysing those requirements to find the most appropriate technical solution for incorporating them into BARX
o Developing/coding to those requirements
o Unit / system / regression / performance testing those requirements
o Reviewing code produced by others
o Supporting UAT and fixing production issues and other issues raised by the QA team
o Writing tools to support and improve development work and reduce testing effort..
o Working within an Agile methodology and will be involved in spring planning, story estimation and retrospectives.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
o Would be expected to work closely with many technical and business representatives, including but not limited to wider Barx dev, QA and support team spread across EMEA and ASP
Decision-making and Problem Solving
Would be expected to design and implemented solutions for complex problems/requirements related to low latency, real-time, 24x7 system.
Person Specification
o Basic Qualifications :
§ Bachelor's degree with relevant years of development experience in C++ on Unix based platforms
§ Hands-on knowledge of C++ language with proficiency in concepts like STL, multi-threading, IPC, templates, etc.
§ scripting skills on Unix such as shell, Perl and Python
§ Experience in writing and debugging SQL Stored Procedures and Queries for Oracle Database.
§ Good written and oral communication skills
§ Experience in working in a fast paced environment
§ Team player and Overall enthusiastic attitude
§ Familiarity with financial products in FX domain is preferred
o Preferred Qualifications:
§ Hands-on knowledge of C++11/14
§ Hands-on knowledge of source-control system like Git, clear-case, etc.
§ Relevant years of experience working in an Investment Bank,
§ Familiarity with financial products in FX domain is preferred
The Benefits: Our customers deserve the best. The same goes for our employees. That's why at Barclays you'll receive a range of benefits that include a competitive salary and all the tools, technology and support you need to succeed.
Our Culture: Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our employees. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Barclays is an equal opportunity employer and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds. For more detailed information, please visit our dedicated Diversity and Inclusion site here .
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.