Java Developer (E-Trading) in London

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.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future‐ready workplaces. We partner with Deutsche Bank to support their contingent recruitment processes. On behalf of Deutsche Bank, we are looking for a Java Developer (E‐Trading) for a 6‐Month contract based in London.

The Quantitative Fixed Income Engineering team, part of Group Strategy Analytics, is building and evolving high‐performance, low‐latency trading applications used directly by the Repo, Rates, and Credit trading desks. This role sits within the Strats function – engineers working closely with quants and traders to deliver algorithmic and electronic trading solutions. You will contribute to the next generation of a core e‐trading platform, focusing on scalability, performance, and stability.

What you’ll do:

• Develop new features and contribute to the strategic evolution of a core e‐trading application.
• Improve scalability and performance of an existing production trading platform.
• Identify and resolve stability issues and performance bottlenecks.
• Participate fully in code reviews (author and reviewer).
• Collaborate closely with engineers, quants, and traders across regions.
• Translate trading desk requirements into robust technical solutions.

Candidate Profile: Key accountabilities, skills & experience

The skills needed:

• Expert‐level Java (core Java, collections, multithreading, networking).
• Proven experience in low‐latency and/or high‐performance systems.
• Background in electronic trading, pricing, or real‐time trading applications.
• Strong understanding of computer engineering fundamentals.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience profiling and tuning performance using appropriate tools.
• Ability to understand trading workflows and align system architecture accordingly.
• Experience working with distributed / remote teams on shared codebases.
• Exposure to modern CI/CD and continuous delivery practices.
• Familiarity with KDB+/Q, Python, shell scripting, and Unix/Linux environments.

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.

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. AMS's payroll service is in partnership with Giant, we have worked with them for many years and have good processes in place to ensure you get the best service. If you are successful in your application for this role, your contract will be via Giant.