Lead SRE Engineer (f/m/x) - Trade Entitlements System

Job Description

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin

DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting‑edge technologies.

Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create GlobalHousebank solutions from our home market.

Trade Entitlements – InvestmentBank Technology

Trade Entitlements is a central system used across Investment Banking Technology as a control function for all aspects of trading. The system currently handles millions of requests per day, tuned to low latency requirements, and accessed globally by hundreds of applications. In line with business ambitions, investment in the system is growing and with it the team.

Position Summary

As the lead SRE Engineer (f/m/x), you will be responsible for designing, developing and delivering the relevant tools and processes to raise the bar of quality, scalability and resiliency, ensuring the system can meet the bank’s goals.

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Your Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and deliver a first‑class SRE ecosystem
• Champion SRE principles including SLAs, SLOs and SLIs and their monitoring and reporting
• Contribute to the system’s codebase (Java) to facilitate SRE requirements

Your Skills and Experiences

• Extensive and solid experience as a Java engineer with high‑throughput web‑based systems (Spring preferred)
• Expert knowledge of SRE stack including Prometheus and Grafana
• Proven ability to operate autonomously, steer difficult decisions with technology stakeholders and deliver projects to a high degree of quality and longevity
• Comfortable working in Agile delivery teams, contributing to backlog refinement, estimation, sprint delivery, and continuous improvement of trading capabilities
• Experience of Kotlin preferred

What We Offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both your private and professional needs.

Emotionally and Mentally Balanced

A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life – both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

Physically Thriving

We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check‑ups, vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

Socially Connected

Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self‑confidence and well‑being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g. part‑time, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Financially Secure

We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or Deutschlandticket.

This job is available in full and part‑time.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.