Core Trading Production Engineer

Core Trading Production Engineer – Assistant Vice President, Corporate Title

We are looking for a highly skilled production engineer to provide critical support for the Core Trading Technology Ultra Low Latency and Electronic and Algorithmic Trading team.

In this role, you will ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of real time trading systems providing direct exchange connectivity across 12 colocation sites in 9 countries and have direct exposure to Deutsche Bank’s cross asset trading across FX, Rates, Credit, Commodities, Futures, Options, and Equities.

You will engage directly with Traders, Development teams, and other production engineering and specialised low latency infrastructure teams to optimize trading workflows, troubleshoot complex issues and help drive continuous improvement in both the processes and the environment.

The role is ideal for a problem solver who can thrive under pressure, able to balance technical ability with business acumen and communicate well to the trading desks.

The team follow technology policies for change, incident and problem management with roles and responsibilities clearly defined.

Ensure that support procedures and activities are followed diligently and suitably documented.

You will be part of an existing team and will ensure applications are maintained and monitored to provide a stable environment for all users.

You will help the engineering culture that seeks to automate and reduce manual effort in order to reduce risk and costs.

Hybrid Working

We understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing.

We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern.

You can expect competitive salary and non-contributory pension, 30 days' holiday plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional days, life assurance and private healthcare for you and your family, a range of flexible benefits including retail discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and gym benefits, and the opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme with two days’ volunteering leave per year.

Key Responsibilities

• Responding rapidly to production incidents with data driven decision making, minimising downtime and financial impact.
• Lead root cause analysis and conduct blameless post-mortems.
• Enhance application health monitoring and implement automation to reduce manual intervention and improve system resilience.
• Provide clear, timely updates to business stakeholders and senior technologists during incidents and follow-ups.
• Partner with development teams to design and deploy fault-tolerant, scalable solutions aligned with business goals.
• Enforce and adhere to change, incident, and problem management policies, as well as bank specific non‑financial risk frameworks.
• Support the growth of junior team members and promote a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

• Proven experience in a production support, SRE, or Dev Ops role within a trading or financial services environment.
• Knowledge of the Fixed Income product set, related market events, market data feeds and an understanding of the trading lifecycle (order routing, execution and settlement).
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical subject (Computer Sciences, Math, Statistics or similar) or equivalent experience.
• Strong technical skills in Linux/Unix systems, SQL, Scripting, understanding of Oracle databases, FIX (Financial Information Exchange).
• Strong experience with a programming language such as Python or Java.
• Strong experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, Geneos, Open Telemetry, Corvil).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, containerization (e. g., Kubernetes, Docker) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Equal Opportunity Statement

We value diversity and as an equal opportunities employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e. g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards).

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on adjustmentsconcierge@db. com to discuss.

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