Software Engineer in City of Westminster

You will be joining the Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Technology department as part of a multi‑skilled agile team dedicated to rolling out sophisticated automation that drives Deutsche Bank's critical control infrastructure. The team develops high quality tools whilst working hard to foster a culture of collaboration and engineering excellence. You will make a crucial contribution to the efforts to accelerate the delivery of changes required by the bank's committed key deliverables in this area, which are frequently driven by tight regulatory requirements. As well as software development tasks, you will have the opportunity to analyse large complex datasets and develop an understanding of the business processes and competing priorities.

Your key responsibilities:

• Work with developers and architects to design and implement scalable, high‑performance data processing pipelines that support Anti‑Financial Crime detection and control requirements.
• Use analytical and querying techniques to understand datasets, diagnose issues, and improve application performance and adherence to data quality controls.
• Apply both established and innovative engineering approaches across a broad range of technologies.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across technology, business and modelling teams to clarify requirements and support delivery.
• Follow bank standard software development life cycle, architecture, security and data governance processes, contributing to the creation of compliant, well‑documented solutions.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies, including stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and technical design discussions.

Your skills and experience:

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to break down complex issues.
• High proficiency with programming languages such as Python or Java and SQL.
• Exposure to data management concepts, ideally including Big Data technologies such as BigQuery, Hadoop or Spark.
• Interest in or awareness of Anti‑Financial Crime challenges or the wider payments industry (advantageous but not essential).
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders at various levels.

How we’ll support you:

• Training and development to help you excel in your career.
• 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.

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for six consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion. 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. We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.