Lead Engineer, VP

Role Description

• Deutsche Bank is looking to expand its internal Technology capability in Pune, India to provide best in class technology solutions for the Banking industry.
• You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team, including analysts, developers and testers. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value.
• You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to take a leading role in all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support.
• We will ask a lot of you, but we will offer a lot in return. You will have an opportunity to work in an environment that provides continuous growth and learning, with an emphasis excellence.

Your key responsibilities

This will require the Lead to help execute the following transformations with our global teams:

• Technology Transformation
• Our move to our target technology stack & architectural blueprint i.e. micro services, Kubernetes, Terraform, Google Cloud, Open shift, Oracle, HTML5
• One copy of the truth, automated workflow, reduce h/w, decommission systems and build out the strategic platform around the tech stack listed above
• Operating Model Transformation
• SAFE Agile, DevOps, automated testing, cycle times approaching 1 day!
• Drive Agile collaboration with the Business and the broader Risk Technology team globally
• Workforce Transformation
• Build Capability around the tech stack, operating model, and risk transformation with employees while reducing vendor sprawl and footprint

Your skills and experience

• Lead the delivery team, collaborating with others to understand requirements, analyze and refine stories, design solutions, implement them, test them and support them in production
• Lead implementation and delivery of Cloud migration with hands-on experience in cloud services like, compute and Kubernetes engines, storage, security, identity management, no-sql database, monitoring.
• Use BDD techniques, collaborating closely with users, analysts, developers and other testers. Make sure we are building the right thing.
• Write code and write it well. Be proud to call yourself a programmer. Use test driven development, write clean code and refactor constantly. Make sure we are building the thing right.
• Be ready to work on a range of technologies and components, including user interfaces, services and databases. Act as a generalizing specialist.
• Define and evolve the architecture of the components you are working on and contribute to architectural decisions at a department and bank-wide level.
• Ensure that the software you deliver is reliable and easy to support in production. Be prepared to take your turn on call providing 3rd line support when its needed
• Help your team to build, test and release software within short lead times and with minimum of waste. Work to develop and maintain a highly automated Continuous Delivery pipeline.
• Experience in design and development of projects using micro-services architecture.
• Hands-on Experience in technologies like Docker, Containers, Kubernetes etc is a plus.
• Help create a culture of learning and continuous improvement within your team and beyond
• We are looking for great Technologists first. Useful but not essential would be knowledge gained in Financial Services environments, for example products, instruments, trade lifecycles, regulation, risk, financial reporting or accounting,

You will have:

• Deep knowledge of at least one modern programming language, along with understanding of both object oriented and functional programming. Ideally knowledge of Java.
• Extensive hands-on experience in Google Cloud Platform services like Compute engine, Kubernetes engine, Cloud storage, BigQuery, IAM, Security, Monitoring, Logging.
• Practical experience of test driven development and constant refactoring in continuous integration environment.
• An understanding of web technologies, frameworks and tools, for example: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ReactJS, Bootstrap, Node.js
• Knowledge of SQL and relational databases Oracle PL/SQL
• Experience in Oracle PL/SQL programming
• Experience working in an agile team, practicing Scrum, Kanban or XP
• Experience of performing Functional Analysis is highly desirable
• Experience of Automated Testing is highly desirable