Barclays UK

About the Company

If you’re thinking about moving forward in your career, you should think about moving to Barclays.

Everything we do at Barclays starts and ends with helping people move forward in their lives. From helping them move forward in the digital age through Digital Eagles, to getting them started in their first home with one of our mortgages. From helping them realise their business dreams through to supporting young people as they make their first, sure move into the adult world through Life Skills. Whatever the future holds, we want to be there for our customers every step of the way.

In a constantly changing, more complex and closely connected world, we’re working together to help our customers tackle the challenges of today and prepare for the future. We embrace data, innovation and every possibility the digital world presents. We think creatively about new services, new products and new ways to deliver existing products and services. We believe in listening to and really understanding our customers so that we can give them the best possible help.

Our attitude, our shared characteristics, our focus and our determination should make us the first and lasting choice for our customers. If you’re looking for a career full of excitement, challenge, purpose and opportunity, we should be your first choice.

Find out how we could help you move forward with your career.

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Listed Jobs

Company Name

Barclays UK

Job Title

Senior UX Developer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior UX Designer – AVP (Learning Design)

Location: Glasgow (Hybrid, 3 days in office: Mon, Tues & Thurs)

Contract: 6 Months

Hours: 9 AM – 5 PM

Contract Type: PAYE only

Overall purpose of the role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior UX Designer (AVP) to lead the user experience design of internal learning and development tools within Barclays' Talent/HR function. This role is focused on re-architecting and improving the design of existing learning materials, applying user-centred design principles to ensure engaging, accessible, and effective learning experiences. Working closely with internal stakeholders, including senior leaders, you will play a critical role in shaping the design strategy of high-profile HR initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Learning & User Experience Design: Lead UX design across existing learning materials, focusing on improving content structure, user journeys, and overall accessibility to enhance employee learning experiences.
UX Strategy and Delivery: Conduct user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing to create and iterate user-centred learning solutions.
Learning Programme Architecture: Review, audit, and redesign the structure and flow of learning materials in line with Barclays’ brand, accessibility, and compliance standards.
Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with senior HR stakeholders, learning specialists, and business leaders to understand requirements, align on design approaches, and influence learning design strategy.
Agile & Digital Delivery: Work alongside a Product Manager within Agile frameworks to deliver high-quality solutions efficiently and iteratively.
Capability Building: Contribute to building UX and design thinking capability within the HR learning team, championing best practices and innovative approaches.
Organisational Navigation: Operate effectively within a large, complex corporate environment, managing internal governance and working across multi-disciplinary teams.
Skills & Experience Required
Extensive senior-level UX design or product design experience, ideally within large corporate environments.
Strong expertise in end-to-end UX design, including research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, and user testing.
Experience leading large-scale design projects independently, with minimal supervision.
Proven ability to work with senior stakeholders, influencing and aligning design strategies to business needs.
Background in re-architecting existing digital or learning products with a focus on usability and accessibility.
Strong understanding of commercial design thinking, applied to internal employee tools or learning environments.

Desirable Qualifications

While not mandatory, the following experience and knowledge are advantageous:
Good working knowledge of end-to-end learning design, including needs analysis and evaluation.
Familiarity with learning and development frameworks, tools, and methodologies.
Experience working with Learning Lab or other digital learning platforms.
Project management experience in a learning or HR context.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full-service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations, and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included, and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays’ vision and goals.

Hybrid

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.

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there are discounts at a wide range of high street shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues — from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.

South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Hybrid

21-03-2025

Company Name

Barclays UK

Job Title

Adoption Software Engineer - Authorisation

Job Description

Adoption Software Engineer – Authorisation

Location: Glasgow, London or Radbroke (Hybrid)

Length: 6 months

PAYE only

Overall Purpose Of The Role

We are seeking an Adoption Software Engineer to join Barclays working with a global-scale technology platform used by millions of users worldwide. In this role, you'll be instrumental in driving the adoption of modern software engineering practices and technologies, particularly around authorisation, policy-as-code, and cloud-based deployment, working closely with development teams and business stakeholders across the organisation. This is a high-impact role within an engineering-led environment, offering the chance to shape the future of authorisation technology and adoption across a globally-used platform.

Key Accountabilities

Champion the adoption and implementation of authorisation frameworks, using your experience in policy-as-code using Styra OPA, or alternatives such as OPAL or Permit.io.
Work across the full stack, from UI to backend and data layers, on systems handling over 24,000 transactions per second, with low-latency (sub-second) performance.
Support and enhance systems deployed across AWS (preferred), or Azure / GCP, with experience in on-premises and cloud rollouts.
Contribute to application containerisation efforts, ideally with OpenShift or Kubernetes, or other container platforms.
Guide teams through the adoption of secure, scalable, and maintainable technology practices with a focus on RBAC, ABAC, and ReBAC models.
Utilise SQL and data processing techniques to inform technical decisions and feature design.

Key Skills

Strong technical background in Java, with experience building and supporting high-throughput, production-grade systems at scale.
In-depth knowledge of cloud environments (especially AWS), and experience with hybrid deployment models.
Practical understanding of container orchestration and application deployment pipelines.
Direct experience with authorisation systems and policy enforcement, ideally using policy-as-code frameworks.
Understanding of authentication systems and how they integrate with broader technology estates (experience with Ping Identity is a plus).
Proven ability to take systems from development through to production support in enterprise environments.
Comfortable working with data—experience with SQL and data analysis to support engineering decisions is highly desirable.

What You’ll Bring

A strong engineering foundation, with the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across platforms.
Experience working in cross-functional teams and managing multiple stakeholders with varying goals.
Ability to build trusting relationships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating complex technical concepts into clear business value.
A collaborative and resilient approach, with a deep understanding of business context, technical architecture, and product strategy.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid

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.

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.

South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Hybrid

07-04-2025