Lead Java Engineer - Rates and Credit Fixed Income

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Lead Java EngineerLocation

LondonCorporate Title

Vice PresidentYou will play a key role in the transformation of Rates and Credit Fixed Income technology landscape. 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.You will be involved in architecting solutions across the stack, encouraging 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 youA 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 themCompetitive salary and non-contributory pension30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional daysLife Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your familyA range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefitsThe opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per yearYour key responsibilitiesDevelop a suite of modern, real-time, high-performance micro-services to support core rates and credit trading workflowsCollaborate with front-end engineers to design and deliver end-to-end solutionsEngage directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand workflows and rapidly deliver impactful features that improve business efficiencyPromote best practices in distributed systems architecture, testing, CI/CD and code quality. Participate in code reviews to ensure high engineering standards across the teamPlay an important role in the modernization of the fixed income tech stack by influencing platform direction, and driving adoption of modern tooling and frameworksYour skills and experienceExpertise in Java Development– proven experience building complex, high-performance applications using modern Java (experience with Kotlin is a bonus), with understanding of concurrency, memory management and reactive programming modelsDistributed Systems and Event-Driven Architecture – Strong understanding of distributed system design principles, event-driven architectures, and technologies such as Solace, Kafka or RabbitMQIntegration, API Design and Databases – Solid experience in designing, building and deploying RESTful and event-driven APIs with good knowledge of SQL and relational database design, and familiarity in deploying services using containerization and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes in a production environmentTechnical Leadership and Best Practices – Track record of promoting engineering excellence through test automation, CI/CD pipelines, code reviews and architectural decision-making to ensure maintainable and scalable systemsHow we’ll support youTraining and development to help you excel in your careerCoaching and support from experts in your teamA culture of continuous learning to aid progressionA range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needsWe 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 usDeutsche Bank

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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 ..... full job details .....