Application Designer

Knutsford, United Kingdom

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Date live: 11/10/2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Technology

Reference Code: 90254525

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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Job Title: Software Application Designer
Location: Radbroke, Knutsford

Barclays UK Tech function, has a Clearing Hub division which is the corner stone of clearing by image. This is an initiative to allow images of cheques to be a legal instrument for paying people. This removes the need for paper to be transported by secure vehicles on the road between branches and the central clearing centre. A further benefit in using mobile image capture is to allow customers a new channel for recording cheque payments.

As a Software Application Designer, you will take ownership over requirements gathering, building business requirements into technical requirements. Ensure the design works end to end and then build out design details so a developer could follow it through.

This role would be great for a Java Developer who is looking to move more into a design role, and have significant contact with business / product owners, working closely with stakeholders to successfully deliver on business requirements.

What will you be doing?

• Validate requirements and discuss with product / business owners
• Participate in impact assessments for new work
• Review requirements to understand how both functional and non-functional aspects need to be met
• Add clarity to business requirements, whilst challenging them to ensure high quality candidate solutions are created
• Work with other bank teams and external suppliers to understand the full E2E solution
• Review component designs to build knowledge and make sure those align with an E2E system design
• Present complex technical ideas for discussion both within the team and to wider audiences.

What we’re looking for:

• Java & Oracle PL-SQL knowledge (able to read documents in code, understand what the system is doing and provide guidance to engineers on implementation)
• Exposure developing / designing for large scale enterprise applications (processing large values and quantity of transactions)
• Exposure to transactional based time critical systems
• JIRA / Confluence exposure.

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Exposure working in large scale enterprise businesses
• Clearing Hub connectivity solutions exposure (Apache Camel, Active MQ Manager)
• Micro Service style component design
• Excellent communication skills.

Where will you be working?

You will be working at our technology hub in the North West, located at Radbroke Hall in Knutsford. It’s convenient for most people who live within a 35-mile radius, spanning from Liverpool, Chester, Manchester and Stoke. It’s a lively atmosphere with large open plan offices, with everything you need on site including various catering options, Starbucks, Gym, onsite parking etc.

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