Java / Oracle, AVP

About Regulatory and Cross Product Technology

Regulatory and Cross Product Technology aims to be an industry leading function that delivers sustainable regulatory compliance through technology automation and competitive operating leverage to create a safe and controlled operating environment that protects the Deutsche Bank franchise and its clients.

Role Description

In order to do this, we must ensure that we remain an engineering focused organization. We are looking for technologists who demonstrate a passion to build the right thing in the right way.

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team, including analysts, developers and testers.

You will bring an innovative approach to software development, using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment.

You will be ready to take a leading role in all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support. You will have an opportunity to work in an environment that provides continuous growthand learning, with an emphasis excellence and mutual respect.

Your key responsibilities

• Work as part of a delivery team collaborating with others to understand requirements, analyse and refine stories, design solutions, implement/test them and support them in production
• Drive and support the prioritisation of User Stories and Backlog definition, in order to streamline execution of program priorities while aligning the product with the underlying architecture
• Write code and write it well. Be proud to call yourself a programmer. You closely collaborate with users, analysts, developers and testers. Use test driven development, write clean code and refactor constantly.
• Define and evolve the architecture of the components you are working on. Contribute to architectural decisions at a department and bank-wide level.
• Ensure that the software you build is reliable and easy to support in production.
• Be prepared to take your turn on call providing 3rd line support when its needed
• Ensure that your team can build, test and release software with short lead times and a minimum of waste. Work to develop and maintain a highly automated Continuous Delivery

Your skills and experience

• Deep knowledge of Java, the JVM, object orientation and SOLID principles
• Significant development experience, working within an agile environment and using modern engineering practices
• Understanding of Business Canvas models applied to agile as well as prioritization techniques such as RICE, MoSCOW, Value vs Effort, Kano model, Story Mapping and Opportunity scoring
• Experience of Docker and Kubernetes as well as exposure to a range of modern build tools, such as Maven, Jenkins, etc.
• Using Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery to ensure that changes can be done quickly and safely
• Knowledge in Financial Services environments, especially around Swift Payment Messages, Settlement Instruction and Static Data Management would be a plus.
• Architecture and design approaches that support rapid, incremental and iterative delivery, such as Domain Driven Design, CQRS, Event Sourcing and Microservices
• Extensive knowledge in modern Javascript frameworks e.g. React, Angular, HTML5, Bootstrap, Node.js. and of the REST principles and associated technologies
• Deep knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
• Experience in debugging and solving performance issues.

Soft skills

• Help create a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond
• Share skills and knowledge in a wide range for topics relating to software delivery
• Lead, mentor and teach other engineers

Education/Qualifications

• We are happy to consider candidates with a wide variety of educational backgrounds and qualifications. Qualifications in computer science, business and economics are beneficial for the role.
• We also look favorably upon candidates with equivalent practical experience. This could have be gained in the workplace or in other contexts, such as contributing to open source software or working on personal projects.