Barclays
Barclays
Barclays is a UK-headquartered banking and financial services group serving individuals, businesses, institutions and investors. Its businesses span retail and consumer banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and private banking, capital markets, and a specialist US consumer bank. Barclays also provides digital banking, financial research and insights, and financing programmes focused on sustainability, climate technology and green bonds. With a workforce of more than 10,000 employees, the company operates across consumer, corporate and investment finance under UK financial regulation.

Senior iOS Engineer, Identity Services

Build native authentication and identity capabilities for Barclays’ mobile banking app, including secure biometric access. Develop modern mobile identity solutions as a senior iOS engineer.

Description

  • Design and enhance software that supports business, platform, and technology capabilities
  • Build native iOS authentication and identity features for Barclays’ mobile banking app
  • Deliver secure, scalable, maintainable software optimized for performance
  • Work with product managers, designers, backend engineers, security specialists, and fellow engineers
  • Set software requirements and solution approaches, ensuring alignment with business goals
  • Review code and encourage strong engineering practices and knowledge sharing
  • Apply secure coding practices and write effective unit tests
  • Track technology developments and contribute to technology communities
  • Advise stakeholders and senior leaders on functional and cross-functional effects
  • Identify and reduce risks while strengthening controls
  • Develop solutions by analyzing, researching, and evaluating complex options
  • Maintain productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders
  • Help shape technical direction, contribute to multi-year work, and coach less experienced specialists where appropriate

Requirements

  • Extensive iOS development experience and strong knowledge of Swift, the iOS SDK, UIKit, and SwiftUI
  • Demonstrated success delivering high-quality native iOS apps
  • Sound understanding of identity and access management and authentication protocols such as OAuth2 and OIDC
  • Experience connecting to identity and access management backend services through Android SDKs and REST APIs
  • Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools
  • Experience implementing Face ID and Touch ID, keychain services, secure storage, and certificate pinning
  • Experience with MVVM or Clean Architecture, dependency injection, XCTest, UI testing, and mobile CI/CD pipelines
  • Expertise in secure mobile development, including code obfuscation, runtime protection, jailbreak detection, and mobile app security testing
  • Experience integrating the Ping Identity SDK and building custom authentication journeys
  • Experience with mobile DevOps, app store releases, and feature flags or gradual rollout approaches
  • Knowledge of FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, and passwordless authentication on iOS
  • Background in performance tuning, memory management, and debugging complex iOS apps
  • Familiarity with financial services mobile apps, regulatory requirements, and banking security standards
  • Ability to work from the Knutsford or London offices with flexible hybrid arrangements

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work arrangements
  • A culture shaped by Barclays’ Values and Mindset
  • Chances to take part in technology communities and share knowledge
  • Professional guidance, training, coaching, and development opportunities

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