About the role

Additional Job Description:

Join us as a Vice President - React Native Engineering Lead at Barclays, where you will be responsible for supporting the successful delivery of location strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

Key responsibilities:

Build responsive, accessible React Native components and screens with TypeScript/JavaScript, Redux state management and robust navigation patterns.
Integrate secure authentication flows (OAuth2/JWT, biometrics SDKs) and partner SDKs; handle secure storage and token lifecycles.
Consume RESTful APIs; collaborate closely with backend (Java/Spring Boot) on contract-first designs and error handling.
Optimize performance (lazy loading, code splitting, profiling) and ensure crashfree stability across Android/iOS.
Uphold OWASP secure coding principles, accessibility and observability practices.
Participate in code reviews, unit/UI testing, sprint ceremonies and release activities.

To be successful as a Vice President - React Native Engineering Lead, you should have experience with:

UI technologies like React 18, React Native 0.73
Angular
Full stack Java - hands on experience.
TypeScript/JavaScript, Redux.
Microservices and Springboot.
Application servers (Tomcat).
AWS Cloud Technologies/Azure/GCP.
Designing modular engineering.
Events and Messaging.
Secure storage/token handling and onboarding customers in bank digital.
API.
Gradle, Git.
Agile ways of working (Scrum / Kanban).
Mobile UI/UX;
REST integration;

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Core Java – (Java 8 and 21)
Container Technologies – Docker, Kubernetes
CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab).
Site reliability exposure.
Python scripting.
Jest/RTL, Appium/Detox.
iOS/Android app distribution.
Thirdparty SDK integrations.
Observability (ELK/Splunk/AppDynamics)

You may be assessed on 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