Trading System Engineer – Rates & Credit Fixed Income

Deutsche Bank; City of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial institution in London is seeking a Trading System Engineer to develop high-performance real-time applications for trading workflows. The successful candidate will collaborate with engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver impactful features. Strong programming fundamentals and experience with microservices and APIs are required. This role offers a hybrid working model alongside competitive benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Competitive salary

30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Good understanding of programming fundamentals including object-oriented programming.
• Experience with microservice concepts and frameworks, including event-driven architectures.
• Experience in designing and deploying RESTful APIs alongside foundational knowledge of SQL.

Responsibilities

• Develop a suite of modern, real-time micro-services for trading workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers to design and deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Engage with stakeholders to gather requirements and rapidly deliver impactful features.

Skills

Programming fundamentals

Microservice concepts

RESTful APIs

Event-driven architectures

SQL and relational database design

React

TypeScript

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Trading System Engineer – Rates & Credit Fixed Income

Company: Deutsche Bank

Location: London

Corporate Title: Assistant Vice President / Vice President

Position Overview

You will play a key role in the transformation of Rates and Credit Fixed Income technology landscape. As part of our multi‑year platform modernization project, you will be responsible for building a suite of new, real‑time, high‑performance applications supporting various trading workflows. You will be involved in building solutions across the stack and working closely with business stakeholders to create a maintainable, operationally efficient and scalable platform that will last the next decade.

What We’ll Offer You

A healthy, engaged and well‑supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

• Hybrid Working – we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them.
• 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.
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Develop a suite of modern, real‑time, high‑performance micro‑services to support core Rates and Credit trading workflows.
• Collaborate with engineers across the stack to design and deliver end‑to‑end solutions.
• Engage directly with business stakeholders to gather requirements, understand workflows and rapidly deliver impactful features that improve business efficiency.

Your Skills and Experience

• Good understanding of programming fundamentals, including object‑oriented programming, collections, exception handling and concurrency programming. Experience with reactive programming models is a plus.
• Experience with microservice concepts and frameworks, including event‑driven architectures, with a desire to build deeper expertise.
• Experience in designing, building and deploying RESTful and event‑driven APIs, with foundational knowledge of SQL and relational database design, plus exposure to containerization tools like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Awareness of UI constraints and experience with React and TypeScript is a plus.

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.
• We value diversity and, as an equal‑opportunity 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).

About Us

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 The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six consecutive years. We have also been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge on [e-mail] to discuss how we can best support you.

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.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology