Lead Full Stack Engineer

Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Berlin, Germany

Tech stack

Java
API
Unit Testing
CSS
DevOps
Open Source Technology
Performance Tuning
Systems Development Life Cycle
TypeScript
Cypress
Backend
Angular
Material Design
Kubernetes
Playwright
Front End Software Development
Docker

Job description

  • Co-lead the UI Platform team, providing hands-on technical leadership in close collaboration with the Architect / Lead Engineer
  • Design, implement and evolve a scalable Angular-based UI platform, including a large reusable component library and shared frontend capabilities
  • Ensure the platform addresses non-functional requirements such as performance, accessibility, security, usability and long-term maintainability
  • Partner with downstream product teams to enable adoption, gather feedback and continuously improve the platform
  • Ensure all platform development complies with bank standards, security requirements and SDLC best practices

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in modern frontend engineering, ideally with Angular and TypeScript
  • Significant experience designing and maintaining large-scale component libraries and/or shared UI platforms (open-source community management is also a plus)
  • Strong grasp of CSS architecture, accessibility (a11y), performance optimisation and UX consistency at scale
  • Experience working closely with UX/UI designers to turn design systems into robust engineering solutions
  • Strong experience with automated frontend and platform testing (e.g. Cypress, Playwright, component testing, contract testing)

Backend & ecosystem awareness (secondary focus)

  • Good understanding of backend systems and APIs, with hands-on or prior experience in Java-based environments (e.g. Spring-based services)
  • Strong appreciation of frontend-to-backend contracts, API evolution and backwards compatibility
  • Exposure to containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native delivery models
  • Understanding of DevOps / SRE principles in production-grade systems

About the company

For over 150 years we have been there for our clients every step of the way. Our purpose: ‘Dedicated to our clients’ lasting success and financial security at home and abroad’ guides our vision and strategy, and is brought to life by our culture. With a global presence in about 60 countries, and a diverse workforce of more than 90,000 people, we know that each individual’s daily actions shape our culture. 

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin

DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies.

Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market.

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