Lead Java Engineer (f/m/x) – Rates&Credit Dealer-to-Client eTrading (D2C)

Position Overview

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin

DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies.

Our Berlin location is the newest addition to our global network of tech centres and is growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams work agile in close coordination with our business units, jointly creating #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market.

Rates&Credit Dealer-to-Client eTrading (D2C) Modernisation

The D2C platform provides liquidity on Bonds, Rates Derivatives, Credit Derivatives, Repo, and ETFs to Deutsche Bank’s Institutional Clients. It connects with 10+ leading multi-dealer platforms, streamlining electronic and voice trading requests, routing liquidity to relevant Trading desks, and automating execution logic.

As part of our platform modernization program, we are re-architecting core systems, building modern React-based web UIs, and migrating backends to the cloud to enhance scalability, resilience, and client experience.

As a Lead Java Engineer (f/m/x) you will take a leading role in one of the largest transformation programs in the electronic trading industry. You will drive architectural decisions, enforce technical standards, and ensure our modernization aligns with international regulations, compliance requirements, and the highest levels of security and scalability.

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Your key responsibilities

• Take a leading role in the modernization and cloud migration of one of the world’s largest trading platforms
• Enforce architectural principles, coding standards, and best practices across backend and frontend teams
• Migrate backend services to the cloud ensuring scalability, resilience, and security
• Drive the design and development of modern React-based web interfaces and their integration with backend trading services
• Ensure compliance with international regulations and support internal and external audits, security assessments, and penetration tests
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders, architects, and engineers across business and technology teams
• Mentor and guide other engineers, helping to build a high-performing development culture

Your skills and experiences

• Deep expertise in either Java, with strong hands-on experience
• Proven track record of designing and developing distributed, high-performance, and scalable systems
• Strong experience in cloud technologies (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Solid knowledge of modern software architecture (microservices, event-driven systems, APIs, messaging middleware)
• Strong understanding of frontend engineering at scale (React, TypeScript, testing frameworks, performance optimization)
• Advanced knowledge of backend engineering (Java concurrency, multithreading, networking, JVM tuning, performance profiling)
• Experience in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, observability (logging, metrics, tracing)
• Ability to review, challenge, and improve designs and codebases of other engineers

What we offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced
  A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life – both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

• Physically thriving
  We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check-ups; vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

• Socially connected
  Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self-confidence and well-being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g parttime, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Financially secure
  We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or “Deutschlandticket”.

Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and parttime.

In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Luisa Moderzinski.

Contact Luisa Moderzinski: +49 (151) 5651 6413

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