Job Description:
Job Title Lead Engineer
Location London
Corporate Title Assistant Vice President
You will be joining the Accounting Tribe/Domain within Deutsche Bank's Global Technology, Data, and Innovation (TDI) group. Our specific team is responsible for the Deferred Compensation application (DBCobra) Compensation Booking Reporting Application) which calculates finance accruals for posting into the General Ledger. We are working to create simplified, reusable, consumable applications, data and infrastructure.
You will use your Software Engineering skills to support business growth through digital innovation. You will be responsible for crafting solutions to accomplish business goals with focus on quality, maintainability, compliance, and ease of testing built in from the outset. Collaborating within a team and across teams, you will mentor and coach other team members in engineering principles, best practice, and culture.
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 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
- 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
- Manage vendor team of remote engineers, IT application owner delegate and other technology partners to support Product Owner and Business Owner to deliver Product Vision.
- Design & document complex technical solutions at varying architecture levels in an inclusive and participatory manner with a range of stakeholders
- Collaborating with application development teams to design and prototype solutions presenting these via necessary forums for approval and providing good practice and guidelines to the teams.
- Ensuring architecture compliance with bank-standard processes for deploying new applications, working directly with central functions such as Group Architecture, Chief Security Office and Data Governance
- Innovate and think creatively, showing willingness to apply new approaches to solving problems and to learn new methods, technologies and potentially outside-of-box solution
Your skills and experience
- Solid technical/engineering background, preferably with at least one high level language and a relational or big-data database technology
Competence / expertise in technical skills across a wide range of technology platforms including JAVA, Oracle, Control M, ETL and ability to use and learn new frameworks, libraries and technologies
- Understanding of general Finance and Financial reporting processes but specifically functional knowledge of Deferred Compensation processes.
- Ability to document and translate Finance Requirements and deliver technology solutions
- A deep understanding of the software development life cycle and the waterfall and agile methodologies
- Excellent communication skills, with demonstrable ability to interface and converse at all levels and with non-IT staff
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 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 have been named a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for three consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Silver Award from Stonewall for two years running and named in their Top 100 Employers for 2023 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.
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.
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