.NET/VBA Office Automation Developer

Job description

About Barclays
Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US.
With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 130,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide . Please visit our website here for more information.

About IB Tech: Client Facing Technology
Client Facing Technology (CFT) is responsible for globally supporting and facilitating Barclays' clients trading strategies. Our clients are typically hedge funds or similar organisations responsible for product discovery. They require a significant degree of customisation, have high expectations, and demand very rapid turnaround. The key to success is ensuring our applications form an integrated gateway to the capabilities of the entire firm. This means not only joining forces and sharing data with each other, but building the bridge between Prime Services and the firm's risk, regulatory, accounting and centralised data services.

About Research IT
Barclays ranks #1 in Institutional Investor's Fixed Income and Equity Research surveys, and Research Technology help maintain our lead with our authoring systems, distribution systems, advanced client facing web sites, and state-of-the-art tools. This position in the Research IT group will offer the opportunity to participate in all phases of the development process and make a significant contribution to the success of the department.

Role Purpose
The role is for a software developer to join the Research IT team, supporting Equity Derivatives Research System (EDRS) and other research areas if required. EDRS is comprised of SQL databases, external online application, daily batch for data collection, analytics calculation, trading strategy calculation and client report distribution.

· The primary responsibility of the candidate is to support all the applications in EDRS, respond and resolve issues, optimize and enhance the system. The role will also support Equity Derivatives Research analysts on their day-to-day data need for publication and client request.
· The candidate will also be building new analytical applications as requested and specified by research, which involves identifying the right data source, automating data gathering process and creating frond and back end applications.
· The candidate will interface with various other groups including Market Data, Reference Data, Core Frameworks, Quantitative Analytics, Risk, Audit and other IT teams and therefore will have great communication skills and need to be a good team player.

Key Accountabilities
· Maintain, optimize and upgrade existing applications
· Support research users on their data and analytics needs
· Analyze new requirements to find best technical solution, contribute to the overall system design and development.
· Design SQL database tables and stored procedures, write efficient SQL query and optimize SQL database performance
· Work quickly to solve production problem
· Has the ability to prioritize work under a demanding environment
· Write document on system design and support processes
· Transfer support knowledge to RTB

Person Specification
· Excellent work attitude, with a focus on detail and delivery of the highest quality product under tight time pressure
· Proactive approach to decision making and problem solving
· Effective communication with team and users
· Ability to work independently
· Efficient multitasking skills, able to work with various business and technical stakeholders
· Fast and eager learner, demonstrate strong analytical skills
· Technically versatile and happy to get involved with various technology skills
· Basic qualifications include:
· Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Physics
· Experience of Java server side, Tomcat, Java Spring, web GUI design, HTML5, JavaScript, AnjularJS
· Experience of GIT, Perforce, TeamCity, Ant, Maven
· Experience of C#, SQL Server database, Windows Script, XML handling
· Experience of Eclipse, Visual Studio
· Experience in Linux or Unix
· Preferred qualification include:
· Experience in C++
· Experience in the R language
· Experience of Adobe Flex
· Knowledge in equity derivatives, fixed income
· Experience working in an Agile environment
· Knowledge of Barclays QA library or a similar type of C++ quantitative library

Risk and Control Objective
All Barclays colleagues have to 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

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 .