Senior Java Engineer (Front Office/Fixed Income)

Deutsche Bank is a global banking business with strong roots in Germany and operations in over 70 countries. Their large but focused footprint gives an established position in Europe plus a significant presence in the Americas and Asia Pacific. There are four business divisions: the Corporate Bank, the Investment Bank, the Private Bank and the Asset Manager DWS. There are also a number of highly skilled functions performing key management tasks.

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AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with Deutsche Bank to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for a Senior Java Engineer (Front Office/Fixed Income) for a 6 Months contract based in London (Hybrid 3 times per week in the office).

Job description - the role

Purpose of the role:
As Senior Java Engineer you will join a Front Office technology team focused on the development and enhancement of Fixed Income trading applications. You will bring strong Java engineering expertise combined with an understanding of trading environments and the ability to contribute across the full technology stack, helping to deliver innovative solutions that support business-critical trading activities.

What you'll do:

• Develop and enhance existing trading systems in line with business and technical requirements.
• Implement pre-defined solutions to resolve platform issues and improve system stability and performance.
• Build high-quality, maintainable Java applications using established design patterns and engineering best practices.
• Contribute to a shared codebase and support the deployment of changes into UAT environments for testing and validation.
• Provide regular updates on delivery progress, risks, and technical implementation details to stakeholders and team members.
• Create comprehensive technical documentation and actively support knowledge sharing to ensure effective handover and long-term platform ownership.

The skills you'll need:

• Strong experience developing Front Office trading applications, with a solid understanding of Fixed Income products and trading workflows.
• Proven expertise in Java backend development, including Spring Boot and the design of scalable, high-performance enterprise applications.
• Experience working in a Full Stack role would be beneficial, with the ability to contribute across both backend services and front-end application development.
• Good understanding of modern cloud and DevOps technologies, including Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and CI/CD pipelines (TeamCity preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Oracle databases, including query optimization, data modelling, and troubleshooting within large-scale applications.

Deutsche Bank's Values

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.

This client will only accept workers operating via a PAYE engagement model.

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