DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

Securities Services business provides Custody services and Fund Accounting for institutional investors. Corporates and Institutions investing globally must adapt to market infrastructure change and new technological innovations, as well as cope with a changing regulatory landscape. To thrive in this complex world, they need smarter custody solutions, that focus on their specific post-trade goals and data that empowers them to improve their efficiency.

Our current work includes strategic, new projects around common and reference Custody data, in standard formats, providing as much as possible also a single place for custody data management, that should increase consistency, prevent data quality problems, and minimize future changes to other domain consumers, when systems are aligned to bank wide strategic data sources.

Responsibilities

• Leading a team of 3 to 8 software engineers and non-engineers
• Design and develop complete solutions in cooperation with the scrum teams to deliver new components, microservices as part of a larger strategic initiative (Custody Transformation)
• Close collaboration with Product Owners, Functional Analysts, Team Leads, Squad Members and Domain Architect to ensure consistency across domain, target architecture

• Working closely the relevant Technology stakeholders within other squads and across tribes
• Transform the requirements to user stories and acceptance criteria into JIRA stories
• Hold primary responsibility of JIRA backlogs, scope management and release planning
• Responsible to document the requirements, process workflows etc. on confluence when needed

• Act as a contact person for all software development-related topics and questions - both from the developers (by actively coaching them) or from the other team members.
• Shaping the future of our technology stack and applying it innovatively to solve complex problems.

• You will value a software craftsmanship approach to software design, development, taking pride in well-crafted software that steadily adds value.
• Promoting and helping squads to adopt DevOps/SRE culture and modern toolchains to support continuous delivery
• Active involvement in transfer knowledge sessions, documenting, reviews, and coaching team members
• Involvement in all SDLC phases (including design patterns, modelling, modern software trends, frameworks and methods including agile)
• Continuous improvement our scalability, stability of the components by leveraging emerging tools and technologies, code quality tools and automation testing

Skills

• Ability to lead and manage people with non-engineering, but also engineering profiles.
• You are a passionate and collaborative engineer, preferably 7+ years of experience.
• Experience with Java 11+ and Spring Boot, preferably with near real time event-based systems.
• Able to participate in solution design, architecture decision on Cloud environments (GCP/Openshift)
• You will challenge as-is processes, foster out-of-the-box thinking and propose / outline sustainable solution options
• Hands on experience with Java microservices, REST APIs on cloud-solutions (preferably GCP).
• Advanced experience of deployment to container and cloud environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes/OpenShift, GCP)
• Experience with data streaming and processing technologies (Kafka, MQ, gRPC)
• Familiar with data formats and models (JSON, XML, AVRO) and data related technologies, patterns, versioning
• Continous Integration / Continous Deployment tools (e.g., Git, Maven/Gradle, Github, Gitlab, Jenkins, Bitbucket) and patterns for CI/CD pipelines.
• Advanced knowledge of security capabilities (TLS, HTTPS, certificates)
• A passion for constantly learning, documenting and applying new technologies in a constantly evolving environment
• Nice to have: Web UI development experience (React, Angular).
• Familiar with XP practices and Agile software methodologies.

Well-being & Benefits

Well-being & Benefits

Emotionally and mentally balanced: we support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.
• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace with flexible Work from Home options.
• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.

Physically thriving we support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive

• Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones.

Socially connected: we strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and wellbeing.

• Kids@TheOffice - support for unexpected events requiring you to care for your kids during work hours.
• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, employee sport clubs, workshops, and more.

Financially secure: we support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.