About the job
Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin
DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies.
Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market.
Merchant Solutions Technology
The Merchant Solutions Technology group provides the Corporate Bank with a dedicated team that capitalizes on the rapidly evolving technology industry to provide our clients new products and innovation to meet their growing needs within an Agile FinTech-like setup. We deliver innovative technology solutions enabling Deutsche Bank clients with modern payment acceptance and settlement capabilities.
As part of our new team within the Berlin Tech Centre, you will be responsible for technical design, delivery and post go-live coding, automated unit testing and integration and will liaise with the Product Owner, Architects, Product Managers, software engineers/developers and testers regarding the development and implementation of product lines using various technologies.
As a Lead Engineer (m/f/x), you will be playing a key role within the squad in developing end-to-end applications for merchant solutions to accomplish business goals
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Your key responsibilities
Act as a hands-on technical authority for the new Merchant Solutions client enablement platform, driving the evolution of system design, code quality, efficiency, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
Provide end-to-end technical stewardship for services within the Merchant Solutions landscape by contributing deep hands-on expertise to solution design and implementation, while ensuring alignment with platform and enterprise engineering standards.
Act as a hands-on lead engineer (up to ~60% coding), balancing software delivery with responsibility for technical design, architectural guidance, code-reviews etc.
Provide low‑level architectural guidance within microservices and drive high‑level integration decisions with other platforms and systems, coaching and mentoring engineers through hands‑on technical collaboration and design reviews.
Drive engineering excellence by embedding security-by-design and stability-through-maintainability practices, while fostering strong Quality and SDLC discipline within the squad and beyond.
Your skills and experiences
Proven, in‑depth hands-on experience in Java and Spring, including application of advanced integration patterns and performance optimization techniques; strong understanding of framework internals in enterprise environments.
Strong experience designing and delivering distributed, microservice-based solutions, with practical application of RESTful API design, event‑driven architectures, and resiliency patterns in highly available systems.
Solid hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform technologies, including GKE, CloudSQL (PostgreSQL), Pub/Sub, and operational monitoring/logging, combined with strong PostgreSQL skills covering schema design, query optimization, and ORM usage.
Demonstrated senior engineering leadership through leading technical design reviews, mentoring and coaching engineers, and driving consistent engineering and quality standards, supported by modern testing and delivery practices (e.g. contract testing, CI automation, containerized deployments).
Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English.
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 Binh Bui.
Contact Binh Bui: +49 30 34073081
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.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.