Development Lead

Development Lead

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

We have a robust, hands-on engineering culture dedicated to continuous learning, knowledge-sharing, technical skill development and networking. We are an essential part of the Bank’s technology platform and develop applications for many important business areas.

Our AFC team is responsible for protecting the bank from financial and reputational losses incurred by financial crimes by assessing, controlling and mitigating risks. Risk types related to Anti-Financial Crime are consolidated in a comprehensive and effective risk management framework that covers Anti-Money-Laundering, Sanctions & Embargoes, Anti-Bribery & Corruption as well as Anti-Fraud & Investigations.

As a Development Lead, you will be responsible for a team of 5+ developers in terms of people management (recruit, mentor, set yearly expectations, trainings, etc), interface between development team and various stakeholders, servant leader of the team to remove impediments, setup and implement development standards and be an active contributor for the team transformations (Agile, team structure, identifying role gaps). You will be part of an enthusiast team delivering software for internal clients in AFC domain.

If quality is your measure of success, if you like getting your hands dirty every now and then and you are an Agile believer, then we would love you to join our team.

Responsibilities

· Mentor, coach and train the team in modern engineering practices, striving to ensure that your team can build, test and release software with the short lead times and a minimum of waste

· Work in a global environment with distributed delivery teams, understanding the technical design and driving the team towards meeting their deadlines/commitments, collaborate with other teams to build systems and integrate them together

· Strive to contribute towards a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond, drive changes in the team and own process improvement initiatives

· Collaborate with the AFC architects and engineering community to help define an architectural roadmap and individual solution designs that fit within that roadmap

· Support and enforce automated unit/integration testing as a standard development practice, promoting a DevOps culture and modern toolchains to support continuous delivery

· Ensure that the software built is reliable and easy to support in production, support in defining and implementing clear standards and KPI’s for end-to-end software delivery

Skills

· BS or MS in Computer Science or Engineering, or equivalent industry experience

· Experienced with following Tech Stack: Java, Spring, Git, Jenkins/TeamCity, Shellscripting; other technologies – would be a big plus

· Strong technical vision and hands on experience in software development and test automation, including BDD and TDD

· Working knowledge micro services-based architectures

· Prior experience working with Agile software methodologies and tools (Jira, Confluence)

· Ability to develop reusable and performant clean code aligned with good architectural and design principles

· Ability to manage priorities and conflicting timelines and work in a fast-paced environment with firm deadlines

· Passion & drive for software engineering with over 5 years of experience

· A sense of ownership and pride in your performance and its impact on the company’s success

· Excellent communication and collaboration skills

· Ability to adapt to any roll in a cross functional and self-managing Agile team

Well-being & Benefits

Emotionally and mentally balanced: we support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health

• Empowering managers who value your ideas and decisions. Show your positive attitude, determination, and open-mindedness.
• A professional, passionate, and fun workplace with flexible Work from Home options.
• A modern office with fun and relaxing areas to boost creativity.
• Continuous learning culture with coaching and support from team experts.

Physically thriving we support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive

• Private healthcare and life insurance with premium benefits for you and discounts for your loved ones.

Socially connected: we strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and wellbeing.

• Kids@TheOffice - support for unexpected events requiring you to care for your kids during work hours.
• Enjoy retailer discounts, cultural and CSR activities, employee sport clubs, workshops, and more.

Financially secure: : we support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future

• Competitive income, performance-based promotions, and a sense of purpose.
• 24 days holiday, loyalty days, and bank holidays (including weekdays for weekend bank holidays).

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.