Principal Application Engineer – FX Technology / Order Management
Our Foreign Exchange (FX) Technology team are working with cutting-edge technology to support a top 3 leadership position of Deutsche Bank in Foreign Exchange space. You’ll be working with the technology supporting our award-winning Autobahn platform to greatly enhance our client’s product experience, re-engineer parts of our orders offering with strong performance, flexibility and uncompromising quality in mind as well as help driving AI adoption across our electronic trading ecosystem.
You will be working at the heart of the platform with technologies ranging from electronic Application programming interface's and order ingestion, order routing and order management, smart order execution and Direct Market Access offering transforming both client experience and enabling faster pace of technology change. As part of this role, you will be working directly with product owners and business desks to define, design and execute the implementation plans as well as developing longer term technology roadmap for order management technology evolution.
Your key responsibilities
- Collaborate with product and trading partners to create a perfect technology solution for FX clients’ needs
- Manage implementation efforts across the Autobahn technology stack, driving excellence in architectural design and delivery
- Investing in automated testing and smart test-driven development
- Performance research and ability to apply out of the box thinking to develop highly performant technology solutions
- Clear and concise documentation and roadmaps shared both within technology and with business partners
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 be named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality and has been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers.
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.
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 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
How we’ll support you
- Training and development to help you excel in your career
- Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
- Coaching and support from experts in your team
- A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
- A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
Your skills and experience
- Excellent knowledge of core Java platform
- Experience in performance optimisation of multi-threaded Java applications or a familiarity with no-GC Java coding is a plus
- Solid experience implementing order management/order routing infrastructure for any electronic trading product (FX, Rates, Equity or Listed Derivs)
- Experience with development of fault-tolerant transaction management architectures
- Experience with test-driven development and ability to design efficient fast-paced development setups resulting to high quality delivery outcomes
