Barclays
Senior iOS Engineer- Identity Services
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Job Description
Purpose of the Role
To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
Accountabilities
- Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
- Cross-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.
- Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
- Stay 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.
- Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
- Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.
Vice President Expectations
- Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
- Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
- Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
- Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
- Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are:
- L – Listen and be authentic
- E – Energise and inspire
- A – Align across the enterprise
- D – Develop others
Individual Contributor Expectations
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- Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
- Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
- Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
- Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
- Create 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.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
- Seek 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.
Barclays Values and Mindset
- Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right.
- Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
Role Specifics
Join us as a Senior iOS Engineer for Identity Services at Barclays, where you will build cutting-edge native iOS authentication and identity features that deliver seamless, secure experiences for millions of customers using our mobile banking app.
You'll work with the latest iOS technologies including biometric authentication, secure enclaves, and modern Swift frameworks, leveraging AI-assisted development practices to accelerate innovation, while partnering with backend engineers, security specialists, and product designers to create best-in-class mobile identity solutions.
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Required Skills
- Deep iOS development experience with deep expertise in Swift, iOS SDK, UIKit, and SwiftUI, with proven track record of delivering high-quality native iOS applications
- Solid understanding of Identity and Access Management concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC), and integration with IAM backend services via Android SDKs and REST APIs
- Proficiency in AI-assisted development tools to accelerate iOS development, improve code quality, and enhance debugging and testing processes
- Experience implementing authentication and identity features on iOS including biometric authentication (Face ID, Touch ID), keychain services, secure storage, and certificate pinning
- Experience with modern iOS development practices including MVVM/Clean Architecture, dependency injection, automated testing (XCTest, UI Testing), and CI/CD pipelines for mobile apps
- Expertise in secure mobile development practices including code obfuscation, runtime protection, jailbreak detection, and mobile application security testing
Highly Desirable Skills
- Experience integrating with Ping Identity SDK to interface with IAM platforms on iOS, including implementing custom authentication journeys
- Experience with mobile DevOps, app store deployment processes, and feature flagging/gradual rollout strategies
- Knowledge of FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, and passwordless authentication on iOS platform
- Background in performance optimization, memory management, and debugging complex iOS applications
- Familiarity with financial services mobile applications and understanding of regulatory requirements and security standards for banking apps
Assessment
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
Location
This role will be based out of our Knutsford or London offices with flexible hybrid working arrangements.
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