Lead Backend Developer (db)

Job Description

BACKEND ENGINEER

We are looking for the best people to help create the next big thing in digital banking.

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology center in Central and Eastern Europe. Opened in January 2014, the Bucharest office is constantly expanding.

The team is made up of enthusiastic professionals that work in an international environment, learning new technologies as part of Deutsche Banks’ businesses.

Changing the Bank is a challenging endeavor that we tackle every day and enjoy our success when our efforts fundamentally change how Deutsche Bank works.

 

What is Private Bank?

Private Bank (PB), operating through two distinct business units of Private Bank Germany (PBG) and the International Private Bank (IPB), covers private, wealth and commercial clients across more than 60 countries.

PBG is Germany’s leading retail bank with two highly complementary brands, Deutsche Bank and Postbank, serving approximately 19 million clients. We target clients who are seeking advisory solutions with Deutsche Bank offerings and those looking for convenience through the Postbank offerings. In cooperation with Deutsche Post DHL AG, we also offer postal and parcel services in the Postbank branches.

IPB is an international Private Bank with a diversified business mix. Our core scalable business is in continental Europe, but we also have a profitable and fast-growing presence in Asia and the Middle East and we operate one of the leading UHNW franchises in the United States. Under IPB’s Personal Banking segment, we serve around three million clients, primarily in Italy and Spain.

Private Bank’s combined revenues are €8.2bn (FY 2021). Collectively the business units have €553bn assets under management and a €254bn loan book.

What will you do:

• Work together with our highly skilled international development teams to build and maintain features of our Apps and systems.
• Ensure proper performance and quality of the code you write and continuously participate in code reviews.
• Write unit tests for robustness, edge cases and general reliability.
• Write code in compliance with our coding standards and security mechanisms.
• Continuously collaborate with cross-functional teams, product owners, designers and QA team in an agile environment.
• Participate in developer guilds and enjoy learning/sharing knowledge with the team.

Your skills and experience:

• Strong analytical problem-solving skills and a structured approach to converting ideas into concepts, design and code.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing high availability solutions / microservices with Java and Spring Boot. Kotlin, nodeJs, Quarkus would be a plus.
• Experience with SDLC tools – Git, JIRA, Artifactory, Github.
• Automation mindset and experience in designing and building CI/CD pipelines, ideally Github Actions.
• Knowledge and experience in cloud environments, ideally Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Basic knowledge on OWASP, OpenID Connect for Authentication and Authorization, TLS / SSL.
• Very good knowledge of SOLID principles, design patterns.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal skills and are an effective team player.
• Able to work in a global multi-cultural environment and can work with teams located in different time zones.
• Knowledge and experience of agile values, principles and methods (e.g. based on SCRUM or Kanban).

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.