Job Title Senior Java Engineer

Location London

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

You will play a key role in the transformation of the Dealer-to-Client (D2C) platform. As part of our multi-year platform modernisation project, you will be responsible for building a suite of new, real-time, high-performance applications supporting various trading workflows across the Rates, Credit, GEM, Repo, and the ETF businesses. You will be involved in architecting solutions across the stack, using best practices and working closely with Business stakeholders to build a maintainable, operationally efficient, and scalable platform to last the next decade.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Develop a suite of modern, real-time, high-performance micro-services to support the trading workflows
• Work on the full-stack solution, collaborating with front-end engineers to design and deliver end-to-end solutions
• Engage directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand workflows and rapidly deliver impactful features that improve business efficiency

Your skills and experience

• Solid Core Java Skills – Good understanding of Java fundamentals, including object-oriented programming, collections, exception handling, and concurrency programming. Experience with reactive programming models is a plus
• Distributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture – Experience with microservice concepts and frameworks, including event-driven architectures, with a desire to build deeper expertise
• Integration, API Development and Databases – Experience in designing, building and deploying event-driven and RESTful APIs, with foundational knowledge of SQL and relational database design, plus exposure to containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes
• Appreciation of Front-End Technologies – Awareness of UI constraints and experience with React and Typescript is a plus

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db.com to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

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.