Java Software Release Engineer

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Java Software Release Engineer design, develop, and enhance software solutions for Barclays. Collaborating cross-functionally to deliver high-quality, scalable software with a focus on continuous improvement.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeKnutsford • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaJenkins

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues.
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Good level of Java programming competency, including a solid understanding of how Java applications are built, packaged, and deployed.
Hands‑on experience building, maintaining, and enhancing build pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitLab Pipelines.
Strong understanding of the software delivery lifecycle, including source control, build, test, and release activities.
Good understanding of build and release controls, including versioning, dependency management, and promoting artefacts across environments.
Well organised, with strong attention to detail.
Ability to manage multiple work requests and adjust priorities as required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Javasoftware developmentsoftware delivery lifecyclebuild pipelinesversioningdependency managementcode optimizationcode qualityscalabilitymaintainability

Soft Skills

collaborationattention to detailorganizational skillsprioritizationknowledge sharing