Lead Java/Kotlin Engineer (f/m/x) – Process Automation Commercial Banking

Overview

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin. DB Technology brings together thousands of engineers and technologists across the globe. Our teams work from major trading hubs and modern tech centers, building the platforms that power one of the world’s leading financial institutions. We focus on technical excellence, engineering best practices, and innovation at scale using modern architectures, cloud technologies, and automation to shape the future of financial services. Berlin is our newest and fastest‑growing tech location with an international engineering community, a strong culture of collaboration, and opportunities to influence technology used by millions of clients. We are committed to diversity, inclusion, and creating outstanding career paths for talented engineers from around the world. Our teams work in agile setups and build solutions for our global #GlobalHausbank from the heart of Germany’s tech ecosystem.

Tribe Services for our Commercial Banking Tribe Domain
You will join the Commercial Banking Tribe Domain, the digital engine behind Deutsche Bank’s small and medium‑sized enterprise (SME) business in Germany, one of the bank’s strongest growth areas. Our mission is to transform the digital experience of 800,000 clients across three major brands we build and scale the BizBanking platform, enabling modern digital sales journeys, intuitive self‑service capabilities, and highly automated banking processes.

As a Lead Java/Kotlin Engineer (f/m/x) you will contribute to all aspects of software development and delivery, drive design and implementation of scalable solutions, optimize application footprint, and design and negotiate API contracts with partner applications. You will join a dynamic team that values collaboration, technical excellence, and customer impact.

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Responsibilities

• You will be outward facing technical lead interfacing with IT Product Owner, the technical leads of other platforms and the business stakeholders.
• You design, develop and document backend components which fulfill complex business requirements as well as technical requirements like observability, scalability, and stability/resilience. You help to transform complex functional requirements into technical solutions.
• You initiate and actively drive discussions with engineers, architects and other stakeholders designing sustainable solutions which fulfill both the business and the technical requirements.
• You take a leading role in your Squad, coaching and developing junior people and supporting team members to find solutions in case of any issues.
• You work in a cross‑disciplined agile team with high autonomy, actively share knowledge and build your network while ensuring strong risk, control and stability standards, driving monitoring improvements, and collaborating with QA on test automation and with DevOps on SDLC and environment management.

Skills and experiences

• Excellent Java and/or Kotlin knowledge including Spring framework and concurrency.
• Significant prior experience in Core Java, Database Technologies (e.g. SQL, Hibernate, NoSQL), micro-service architectures.
• Practical experience with build tools (e.g. Maven, Gradle), version control (e.g. Git) and continuous integration systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Good experience in cloud-based, distributed, highly available and fault tolerant applications; building large scale and highly available REST APIs in Java. Google Cloud knowledge is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English; German language knowledge would be a plus.

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: we offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.
• Physically thriving: health check-ups, vaccination drives, advice on healthy living and nutrition.
• Socially connected: PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g. part-time, hybrid working, job tandem) and a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Financially secure: pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or Deutschlandticket.

Note: offerings slightly vary across locations; please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and part-time.

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