UK Head Listed Derivatives Execution and Core Trading Platforms

Job Title UK Head Listed Derivatives Execution and Core Trading Platforms

Location London

Corporate Title Vice President

We are looking for a highly skilledreliability engineerto provide critical support for the Listed Derivatives Execution desk with their trading and risk applications and provide oversight for core trading platforms including the algorithmic ultra low latency this role you will ensure the reliability performance and scalability of the real-time trading environment by applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

You will lead highly motivated directly with key stakeholders on the trading floor including senior traders and lead developers to optimize trading workflows troubleshoot complex issues and drive continuous improvement in both processes and the environment.

What well 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. Thats why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a 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

• Responding rapidly to production incidents with data driven decision making minimizing downtime and financial impact. Leading root cause analysis and conduct blameless post-mortems
• Enhancing application health monitoring and implement automation to reduce manual intervention and improve system resilience
• Driving cost optimization and manage capacity resources to ensure efficient and scalable operations
• Partnering with development teams to design and deploy fault-tolerant scalable solutions aligned with business goals
• Enforcing and adhering to change incident and problem management policies as well as bank specific non-financial risk frameworks.
• Supporting the growth of junior team members and promote a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement.

Your skills and experience

• Strong understanding of the trade lifecycle and fundamental trading systems
• Knowledge of Futures and Options related products and market structure and experience in algorithmic trading
• Proven experience in a production support SRE or DevOps role within a trading or financial services environment
• Strong technical skills in Linux/Unix systems SQL and scripting
• Strong experience with a programming language such as Python Java etc. and with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus Grafana Splunk Geneos OpenTelemetry Corvil)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms containerization (e.g. Kubernetes Docker) and CI/CD pipelines

How well 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 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)

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 for six consecutive years. Additionally we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in theirTop 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 to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively you can share your phone number and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

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.