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Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.\nCross-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.\nCollaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.\nStay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.\nAdherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.\nImplementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.\nVice President Expectations\nTo contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. 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They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..\nAdvise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.\nManage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.\nDemonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.\nDemonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.\nCollaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.\nCreate solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.\nAdopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.\nSeek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.\nAll colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.\nAt Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future - we shape it. Join us as a Liquid Financing - VP Full Stack Developer where you will help engineer the next generation of our global Stock Borrow & Lending (SBL) and Secured Finance technology platform. 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