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Job Description: Job Title Lead Engineer Location London Corporate Title Vice President You will be joining the dbSleuth Technology Team within Regulatory & Cross Product IT delivering Level 1 surveillance across all business sections of Deutsche Bank. The program is directly responsible for delivering regulatory-mandated Client Surveillance functions as part of overall Know your Client (KYC) as well as Trader Surveillance. We are an engineering focused organisation, striving for the highest quality architecture, design and code across our teams. You will help to manage deliveries, designs and build our surveillance front end application, working in a fast-paced, agile environment. Our workload for new deliveries is high, we use Python based microservices, event driven architecture and ReactJS for UI development to deliver on business requirements. As a Lead Engineer you will manage deliveries of top-class engineering solutions to satisfy complex and diverse business goals. You will lead engagement and partnership with the business whilst driving a broader creative, collaborative, and innovative environment within and across teams, with a strong desire to make an impact. What we'll offer you Hybrid Working We understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them. You can expect: 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 Managing and delivering the book-of-work for the team to large programs spanning multiple stakeholders and engineering teams Being hands on in designing and coding solutions which are secure & controlled using common design patterns with a range of design tools & techniques Upholding a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and being accountable for successful delivery of regulatory critical workstream Identifying and resolving barriers to business deliveries and implementing solutions which iteratively deliver value Conducting peer reviews to ensure designs are fit for purpose, extensible & re-usable Career development and mentoring Your skills and experience Experience in managing large programs - both business-driven, and technology-driven (such as cloud migration) - including team management experience Previous hands-on experience building web applications and/or web services using Python programming language and one of common web frameworks (Flask, Django, FastAPI etc) Knowledge of relation database technologies e.g. Oracle, PostgreSQL Experience developing applications using React or experience with event driven services (e.g. Kafka) Experience with development utilising SDLC tools - Git, JIRA, Artifactory, Jenkins/TeamCity, OpenShift/Kubernetes Analytical thinker, team player and possess strong communication skills with passion to continuously learn and improve How we'll support you Training and development to help you excel in your career Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities A culture of continuous learning to aid progression A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs We value diversity and as an equal opportunity's 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 and our teams Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do. Our values define the working environment we strive to create - diverse, supportive and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer. We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation. Visit Inside Deutsche Bank to discover more about the culture of Deutsche Bank including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Future of Work and more besides.
Technical Lead - Underwriting Technology Permanent London Hybrid - 2 days in office £110,000 Bonus Progression Benefits Fantastic Opportunity. About the Role The Technology Lead will need to have a clear understanding of the commercial imperatives for these UW Technology Initiatives and drive technology direction, staying up to date with the latest technologies and industry trends, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance team productivity and business outcomes. About the Department & Team Key Responsibilities Understanding the UW Technology initiatives landscape for my client on a global basis, and the different UW Technology initiatives to design and support the implementation of proportionate and fit for purpose solutions designs and plans, including the downstream impacts on the technology landscape, and associated governance/controls.. Solution Design: Understand the individual initiatives and products to build and present designs (based on the high-level design considerations and transition states) to a sufficient level of detail for translation into technical deliverables Set-up and run a Design Authority Group, in line with the Terms of Reference Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects and Development teams to develop the solution design, aligning detailed designs with the high-level design and escalating any deviations Work closely with Software Architects, challenging their decisions and collaborating with them to optimise technical designs and translate them into technical deliverables Documenting key transition states from a Technology delivery point of view, and evolution throughout interim states, to a target Technology state Technology Capabilities & Standards: Provide application design and programming expertise and guidance to Technology professionals involved in the development and enhancement of business applications Work with Technology areas to identify, propose and implement new technologies as solutions to business needs, based on strategic direction and priorities Aligning the detailed designs with the wider GRS Technology Roadmap and 'North Star' Architecture and standards Create technical documentation for development solutions, future reference, and reporting Supporting the Development Teams: Work with agile development teams to build and enhance a growing software platform and provide technical leadership throughout the technical design and sprint process and ensure the team delivers high quality work that supports the delivery of business capabilities and associated value. Develop and set documentation and standards for all development and delivery activities, including using a common approach, structure, and platform (e.g. Confluence) for documentation, be responsible for checking that these standards are being properly met and ensure documentation and reporting evolves as requirements change over time. Supporting GRS/GRSI's Agile Transformation - the Technology Lead is also responsible supporting Agile practices at both the Team and Portfolio level, including: Facilitating the prioritisation of features for Program Increment (PI) 90/30-day planning and individual Sprint planning and prioritisation, supporting the Portfolio Head and Product Owners to manage change to the programs' PI plan and identify the impacts of those changes Driving cross team, Portfolio, and departmental planning, collaboration, coordination, including identifying dependencies and resolving impediments Driving delivery and continuous improvement by utilising feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity Participating at Portfolio level and within cross-functional teams as a subject matter expert to develop and improve operating policies and procedures and be an advocate in adopting Agile best practices and processes Supporting the configuration of Scaled Agile to the needs of the organisation, standardising, and documenting practices Skills and Experience Technology Expertise - you will have experience as the technology expert on a development team where you were responsible for everything from planning to delivering key features and management of those features. To be successful in the role you will need to quickly develop a deep understanding of the products and business goals which you can translate into technology direction, design, and decisions. Experience of Insurance and Reinsurance business and supporting technologies and/or experience leading implementation programs for the same is preferable. Agile and Scaled Agile practices - you know about and can lead on a range of Agile and Scaled Agile tools and techniques and be an advocate for these tools and techniques. You can establish a feedback loop for teams; you can take responsibility for the translation and measurement of value (what you put in and what you will get out) and ensure this relates to UW Technology Initiatives objectives and business needs. You can ensure the team has a situational awareness of work and priorities across the team. Angular 6 Java/JavaScript/JSON Ci/Cd pipeline build & deployment tools e.g. Bamboo Micro services & APIs Cloud experience (AWS & Azure) and serverless code deployment API integration experience, REST preferred Understanding of event driven architecture. Different AWS deployment methods e.g. native EC2, Pivotal Cloud Foundry (JVM) & Docker Familiar with design thinking, behaviour, and test-driven development/familiarity with test-and-learn approaches Experience of SQL database development, SSIS and cloud deployment e.g. RDS in AWS Knowledge of containerised deployments and optimisation techniques & tools e.g. Docker, Fargate, Kubernetes Experience of working with wider project teams including Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Business Analysts and Testers Experience of producing technical support documentation Experience of writing technical specifications/User Stories Experience of working within the full development lifecycle i.e. development, unit testing and release management Experience of source code repositories, code branching and version control systems e.g. GIT and TFS