Senior Software Engineer (Java) (f/m/x) – Trade Finance & Lending

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.

Trade Finance and Lending

Trade Finance and Lending (TF&L) is core and one of leading business departments in Corporate Bank working with clients around the globe. Trade Finance is a set of techniques aimed at mitigating and transferring trade risks to the financial sector, and / or using bank funding to enable domestic and international trade flows. Trade finance focuses on supporting the physical flow of goods across borders while primarily using the goods, receivables and cash generated from the trade as the principal security.

The group is working on technology refresh of their IT platform to enable new services and products for customers as well as to achieve next level of business processes automation and reduce transaction costs.

Would you like to join successful in-house technology team designing, building and rolling out into production its strategic platform for TF&L business? The architecture covers wide range of capabilities to support global TFL business including but not limited to loan lifecycle management, collateral management, related integrations with Cash, Treasury, Risk, and Finance landscape.

As a Senior Software Engineer (Java) (f/m/x), you will deliver and evolve TF&L Core Services (Access Control, Authentication, and Backend-for-Frontend APIs) by designing and implementing reusable, scalable solutions across TF&L projects and contributing to end-to-end business product delivery.

Your key responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evolve TF&L Core Services (Access Control, Authentication, and Backend-for-Frontend APIs) as reusable building blocks adopted across TF&L projects.

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested Java code; build automated tests and collaborate with QA on test automation frameworks to ensure consistent quality.

• Partner with DevOps to improve CI/CD, SDLC automation, and environment management; contribute to observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery to support high availability (99% uptime during business hours).

• Work closely with product teams and business stakeholders to refine functional/non-functional requirements and deliver consistent core APIs and platform capabilities.

• Support platform modernization by analyzing and reverse-engineering legacy solutions and contributing to migration efforts, while staying hands-on in business delivery

Your skills and experiences

• Several years of professional experience as a Java engineer / senior software engineer, with strong knowledge of Core Java, JVM fundamentals, and common design patterns and frameworks (Kotlin or Scala experience is welcome)

• Hands-on experience building and operating backend services and APIs in a production environment, including monitoring/observability and high-availability practices

• Experience with event and data platforms such as Kafka, data warehousing and analytics stacks, including columnar databases (e.g., ClickHouse) and in-memory data grids

• Comfortable working in an Agile environment with fast-changing requirements and short delivery cycles; familiar with modern SDLC tooling (e.g., Jira, Bitbucket, Artifactory, TeamCity/CI/CD)

• Strong communication skills in English (written and spoken); experience collaborating with product, QA, and DevOps teams

• JavaScript/TypeScript experience is a plus

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 Kilian Weber.

Contact Kilian Weber: +49 (30) 34073087

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