Lead Java Engineer

Job Title Lead Java Engineer

Location London

Corporate Title Director

Risk management System (RMS) Trade Processing is a strategic platform acting as the primary record for financial products across the Bank, with a strong focus on complex Over the Counter (OTC) derivatives. It supports the full trade lifecycle, from initial booking and enrichment through amendments, allocations, and lifecycle events (such as roll, unwind, exercise, and expiry), to clearing, settlement, and downstream risk reporting, ensuring consistent and reliable trade representation across front, middle, and back-office systems.

As the RMS platform continues to expand its coverage of supported commodity products and trading flows, we are looking for a Lead Java Engineer to strengthen our experienced and dynamic team. Our technology stack includes Java, Spring, Kafka, Oracle Database, and React, offering opportunities to work across both backend and frontend components of a business‑critical system.

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

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable full-stack applications using Java, Spring Boot, Angular, and modern web technologies.
• Drive technical architecture decisions and ensure solutions meet functional, non-functional, security, and regulatory requirements.
• Own the end-to-end software development lifecycle, from solution design and implementation through deployment and production support.
• Produce clear and comprehensive technical documentation covering architecture, design decisions, APIs, operational processes, and support procedures.
• Support incident management, root-cause analysis, and implementation of long-term preventive measures.

Your skills and experience

• Extensive experience in enterprise software development using Java, Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and related backend technologies.

• Proven expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs and microservices architectures.

• Strong commitment to test-driven development, automated testing, and quality engineering practices.

• Nice to have: experience developing modern web applications using React, TypeScript.

• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• 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 be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [email protected] to discuss.

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.

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 environment.