DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.
We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.
We’re looking for a Senior Lead Engineer to design and build end-to-end product features across web front-end, back-end services, and data integrations. You’ll collaborate with product, design, and other engineers to deliver reliable, scalable, and maintainable software.
Responsibilities
- Own full lifecycle delivery of features.
- Build and maintain frontend applications with modern frameworks (e.g., React/Angular/Vue)
- Design and implement backend APIs (REST/GraphQL) and supporting services
- Work with databases (Sybase/PostgreSQL/MySQL/MongoDB), data modeling, migrations, and performance tuning
- Improve system reliability and performance through observability, alerting, and incident response
- Write high-quality code with strong testing practices (unit/integration/e2e)
- Lead technical design discussions, mentor engineers, and raise engineering standards
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to architecture and platform decisions
- Collaborate on CI/CD pipelines and deployment practices (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
- Ensure security best practices (authN/authZ, secrets handling, OWASP awareness)
Skills
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent)
- Strong experience building both frontend and backend production systems
- Proficiency in at least one backend stack: Node.js (TypeScript), Java/Kotlin (Spring), Python (Django/FastAPI), or C# (.NET)
- Experience designing APIs, integrating third-party services, and working with distributed systems
- Solid understanding of SQL, indexing, query optimization, and data modeling
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and containerization (Docker; Kubernetes a plus)
- Comfortable with debugging complex issues and working with logs/metrics/traces
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
- Experience with microservices, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS/PubSub), and caching (Redis)
- Security experience (OAuth2/OIDC, SSO, threat modeling)
- Prior ownership of high-traffic systems and performance optimization
Well-being & Benefits
Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.
- Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.
- A professional, passionate, and fun workplace.
- A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
- Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.
- A culture where you can openly speak about mental health.
Physically thriving: We support you in managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. For example, Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones, healthier ways of working and check-ups.
Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being.
- 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).
- Hybrid working model with 40% remote work.
- Options for flexible working hours.
- Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, workshops, and more.
Financially secure: We support you in meeting personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.
- Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
- Meal vouchers, bonuses for referrals
Interested in more: discover what our employees value in the Well-being & Benefits hub!
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.
Skills Required
- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong experience building both frontend and backend production systems
- Proficiency in at least one backend stack: Node.js, Java, Kotlin, Python, or C#
- Experience with cloud platforms and containerization
- Prior ownership of high-traffic systems and performance optimization
Deutsche Bank Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Deutsche Bank and has not been reviewed or approved by Deutsche Bank.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, spanning multiple medical plan options along with dental, vision, prescription coverage, life insurance, and disability protection.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away is described as generous, including annual leave, sick leave, public holidays, wellbeing leave, volunteering leave in some regions, and expanded bereavement leave in certain locations.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is presented as a matched savings plan (401(k)), reinforcing longer-term financial security as part of the rewards package.
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What We Do
At Deutsche Bank, we give original thinkers the space and support they need to shine. Merging local knowledge with global vision, in-depth insight with industry-leading digital expertise, if you’re an innovator by nature, we can help you to unleash your potential. We see things differently at Deutsche Bank – and we’re proud of our fresh perspective. Today, we’re driving growth through our strong client franchise, investing heavily in digital technologies, prioritising long-term success over short term gains, and serving society with ambition and integrity. Wherever your interests lie – in investment banking, trading, private wealth, asset management, retail banking - or many of the infrastructure functions that support them – you’ll discover resources, training and opportunities designed to keep you ahead of the curve. Intelligence has no boundaries: we welcome high-achieving, talented individuals from any background. If you’re full of imagination, enjoy solving problems and respond positively to complex challenges, discover a career to look forward to and join us!
