Lead Engineer - Corporate Bank Technology

Position Overview

Job Title: Lead Engineer - Corporate Bank Technology

Corporate Title: Director

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• Corporate Banking is a technology centric business and is focused on offering Payment solutions to satisfy an ever-increasing appetite from customers for integrated systems with access to supporting data for real time processing. Deutsche Bank is one of the few banks with the scale and network to compete aggressively in this business, and the breadth of investment in this area is unmatched by our peers. Joining the team is a unique opportunity to help rebuild the core of some of our most mission critical processing systems from the ground-up.
• Our Corporate Bank Technology team is a global team of 3000 Engineers (and growing!) across 30 countries. The primary businesses that we support within Corporate Bank are Cash Management, Securities Services, Trade Finance and Trust & Agency Services. CB Technology support these businesses through vertical CIO aligned teams and by horizontals such as Client Connectivity, Surveillance and Regulatory, Infrastructure, Architecture, Production, and Risk & Control.

About the Team

Payment Channels Technology

• We are responsible for delivering client facing solutions that act as channels allowing Payment Initiation for our corporate and institutional clients across the world.
• Corporate Bank Technology has embarked on a multi-year technology refresh program that includes revitalization of Channel applications for payment initiation.
• As a Lead Engineer, you will be working on driving the development of global payment initiation platform that has React based micro frontends backed by Java powered micro-services deployed in a containerized environment.
• The platform uses event streaming over Kafka and varied datastores such as PostgreSQL, Oracle, HBase, MongoDB amongst other open-source software.
• You'll collaborate with other Senior Engineers, Lead Engineers and Analysts on the platform using agile practices to incrementally add functionality to the platform and with a sharp focus on automation.
• You will partner with business and technology managers to define modules and enhancements to the application stack that provides Deutsche Bank's institutional clients ability to initiate payments in real time and access to their account balances & statements in near real time.
• You will enable the digital environment that helps our people share their knowledge, expertise, and real passion for our business. Deutsche Bank is investing heavily in technology, which means we are investing in you. Join us here, and you'll constantly be looking ahead.

What we'll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you'll enjoy,

• Best in class leave policy.
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

You will own engineering leadership, culture, and execution for a large India‑based organization (100+ engineers across two locations) delivering mission‑critical distributed systems. This role carries full accountability for raising the engineering bar, establishing clear technical direction, and building strong local leadership, while partnering globally with product and technology stakeholders. You will act as a fact‑based challenger where engineering quality, reliability, or long‑term sustainability are at risk. While this is a senior leadership role, you are expected to maintain strong technical credibility through hands‑on engagement, modern engineering practices, and direct mentorship of senior engineers.

Key responsibilities include

• Own local engineering leadership and oversight for 100+ engineers across two India locations, including direct management of senior leaders and strong functional influence across the wider organization
• Set and enforce clear engineering standards and technical direction, addressing gaps in ownership, quality, and execution
• Raise the engineering bar by introducing and scaling modern practices such as TDD, test automation, CI/CD maturity, AI‑assisted development, and performance testing
• Act as a credible technical authority, challenging architectural and delivery decisions with data, facts, and first‑principles reasoning
• Build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement actively dismantle yes culture and low‑ownership behaviours
• Maintain hands‑on technical credibility through prototyping, spikes, pair programming, design reviews, and direct mentoring of senior engineers
• Partner closely with global stakeholders while retaining independence to say no when engineering quality, resilience, or risk posture is compromised
• Ensure strong risk, control, and operational hygiene across platforms, embedding reliability, observability, and supportability into engineering practices

Your skills and experience

Leadership & Scale

• Proven experience leading large engineering organizations (100+ engineers) with a mix of direct management and functional influence
• Demonstrated ability to build strong local leadership, improve engineering culture, and raise standards in complex enterprise environments
• Track record of assertive, fact‑based leadership and comfort making and defending difficult decisions

Technical Expertise

• Deep background in designing and operating distributed systems, with strong fundamentals in scalability, reliability, and performance
• Strong hands‑on experience with Java‑based backend systems, cloud platforms, and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Ability to introduce, champion, and personally model modern engineering practices (e.g., TDD, test automation, performance testing, AI‑enabled development)
• Sufficient hands‑on depth to prototype, spike, pair program, and meaningfully challenge design and implementation choices

Enterprise & Risk Mindset

• Strong understanding of operating within regulated, large‑scale enterprise environments
• Demonstrated ownership of risk, control, and operational excellence weak control mindset is not acceptable
• Experience balancing delivery pressure with long‑term platform health and sustainability

Stakeholder Management

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across geographies and senior leadership levels
• Ability to maintain healthy tension with product and business partners, ensuring engineering quality and technical strategy are not compromised

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.

About us and our teams

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