Solution Architect Lead (f/m/x) - Corporate Bank Technology - Digital Asset Custody (DAC)

Position Overview

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.

About Digital Assets

You will join a team working at the forefront of digital assets and blockchain. We design and operate systems that support tokenized assets, digital currencies, and secure custody services. This field evolves quickly and offers many opportunities for learning and innovation.

About the role

As a Solution Architect Lead (m/f/x) , you guide the design, delivery, and evolution of end ‑ to ‑ end engineering solutions for our Digital Asset Custody products. You collaborate with engineering teams, business partners, and global stakeholders to deliver secure and reliable technology.

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Your key responsibilities

• Design and improve cloud‑based, high‑availability microservice applications.

• Support the adoption of modern engineering practices, architecture principles, and agile ways of working.

• Collaborate with business partners across teams and geographies to translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Work closely with DevOps and QA teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines and ensure high‑quality delivery.

• Provide Level‑3 technical support when needed.

Your skills and experiences

• Experience with Blockchain technologies and decentralized systems, including:

  • distributed ledger concepts, blockchain architecture, cryptographic principles

  • awareness of common attack types and security considerations vulnerability assessment

  • understanding of consistency models (CAP theorem), sharding

  • familiarity with on‑chain and off‑chain governance structures

• Experience working with JVM‑based technologies (Spring, Kotlin, Java) and event‑based systems such as Kafka or JMS/pub‑sub.

• Strong knowledge and hands-on experience on microservice architecture design, REST APIs, SQL and NoSQL databases, and common protocols/formats ( WebSockets, SOAP, JSON, XML), ideally on Google Cloud Platform.

• Understanding of security and compliance topics, including OAuth/OIDC, TLS, and relevant financial‑sector risk or regulatory considerations.

What we offer

We provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of benefits and offerings to support both, your private and professional needs.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced
  A positive mind helps us master the challenges of everyday life – both professionally and privately. We offer consultation in difficult life situations as well as mental health awareness trainings.

• Physically thriving
  We support you in staying physically fit through an offering to maintain personal health and a professional environment. You can benefit from health check-ups; vaccination drives as well as advice on healthy living and nutrition.

• Socially connected
  Networking opens up new perspectives, helps us thrive professionally and personally as well as strengthens our self-confidence and well-being. You can benefit from PME family service, FitnessCenter Job, flexible working (e.g parttime, hybrid working, job tandem) as well as an extensive culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.

• Financially secure
  We provide you with financial security not only during your active career but also for the future. You can benefit from offerings such as pension plans, banking services, company bicycle or “Deutschlandticket”.

Since our offerings slightly vary across locations, please contact your recruiter with specific questions.

This job is available in full and parttime.

In case of any recruitment related questions, please get in touch with Binh Bui.

Contact Binh Bui: +49 (30) 340-73081

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