DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology center 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.
The Technical Product Owner for the global API Management Platform drives the strategic evolution of our core integration infrastructure. This role is pivotal in enabling seamless connectivity across our diverse technological ecosystem, fostering business innovation, and ensuring the secure and efficient delivery of API services to both internal and external stakeholders. This position contributes directly to the bank's digital transformation initiatives as part of a dynamic and collaborative technology division.
Responsibilities
- Define and articulate a clear product vision and strategic roadmap for the global API Management Platform.
- Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle to ensure timely and high-quality delivery.
- Engage diverse stakeholders, gathering requirements and communicating product priorities, progress, and trade-offs.
- Validate releases against functional, performance, and compliance targets to ensure successful platform deployments.
Skills
- API Gateway Expertise: Deep understanding of API gateway concepts, protocols (REST, SOAP, gRPC), security (OAuth, JWT, API keys), and traffic management.
- Platform Engineering: Experience designing, building, and operating scalable, reliable, and secure platforms—ideally with cloud-native architectures (GCP/AWS/Azure).
- Technical Leadership: Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions, prioritize backlog, and guide engineering teams through delivery.
- Stakeholder Communication: Strong skills in communicating technical concepts to business and non-business stakeholders and gathering requirements.
- Security & Compliance: Knowledge of security best practices, compliance requirements, and risk management for APIs.
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 with flexible Work from Home options.
- A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
- Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.
Physically thriving we support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive
- Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones.
Socially connected: we strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and wellbeing.
- Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, employee sport clubs, workshops, and more.
Financially secure: we support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future
- Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
- 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).
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.
Top Skills
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!
