Senior Engineer, AVP

Deutsche Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leave policy

Parental leaves

Childcare assistance

Certifications sponsorship

Employee assistance program

Hospitalization insurance

Term life insurance

Health screening

Job summary

Deutsche Bank in Bengaluru, India is seeking a Senior Engineer, AVP to design, build, and optimize scalable, cloud-native Java microservices using Spring Boot. You’ll work with architects and product teams to meet architectural standards and best practices.

The role emphasizes performance tuning across application and database layers, cloud migration with GCP, Snowflake integrations, and mentoring teammates while promoting engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 9+ years of hands-on software engineering with Java and microservices.
• Experience designing and developing enterprise-scale distributed systems.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Proficient in performance optimization and tuning of Java applications and databases.
• Hands-on experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases and SQL tuning.
• Experience in cloud-native architectures and modern cloud platforms (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement scalable microservices using Java and Spring Boot.
• Drive performance engineering across application, middleware, and database layers.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize JVM memory, GC, and thread management.
• Tune Oracle and PostgreSQL queries, indexes, and schemas for performance.
• Collaborate with architects, PMs, DevOps, and stakeholders to deliver quality solutions.
• Support cloud modernization and integration with Snowflake data solutions.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering standards and best practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

Cloud-native

GCP

Snowflake

Oracle & PostgreSQL

Performance tuning

JVM tuning

REST APIs

Job description

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Engineer, AVP

Location: Bangalore, India

Role Description

As a Senior Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing highly scalable, resilient, and cloud-native microservices using Java and Spring Boot. You will collaborate closely with architects, product managers, and engineering teams to implement solutions that align with established architectural standards, engineering best practices, and long-term technology goals.

The role requires strong hands‑on expertise in developing enterprise‑grade distributed systems, with a core focus on performance across both application and database layers. You will actively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, contribute to optimization initiatives, and ensure systems can scale efficiently to support growing business demands.

As part of our technology modernization journey, you will participate in cloud migration initiatives involving Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and help drive the adoption and integration of Snowflake-based data solutions. The ideal candidate brings a proven track record of building high-performance Java microservices, optimizing Oracle and PostgreSQL databases, and designing scalable solutions that leverage modern cloud and data platforms.

You will also provide technical guidance within the team through mentoring, peer code reviews, and by promoting engineering standards that foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

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

• Design, develop, and implement scalable microservices utilizing Java, Spring Boot, and associated technologies.
• Build highly scalable, resilient, and high-performance distributed applications capable of handling enterprise workloads.
• Drive performance engineering initiatives across application, middleware, and database layers.
• Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize Java microservices through JVM tuning, memory management, garbage collection optimization, thread management, connection pool tuning, and API performance improvements.
• Optimize Oracle and PostgreSQL database solutions through query tuning, execution plan analysis, indexing strategies, schema design optimization, and database performance monitoring.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to cloud modernization initiatives and support the adoption of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and cloud-native architecture patterns.
• Design and implement integrations with Snowflake and support data platform modernization initiatives.
• Promote engineering best practices through code reviews, design reviews, automated testing, CI/CD adoption, and operational excellence.
• Mentor and coach engineers to help them grow their technical capabilities and achieve their development goals.
• Contribute to architectural decisions related to scalability, reliability, observability, performance optimization, and cloud adoption.

Your skills and experience

Must Have

• 9+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience with strong expertise in Java technologies and Microservices.
• Significant experience designing and developing enterprise-scale, highly scalable distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
• Strong expertise in Microservices Architecture, including design patterns, resiliency patterns, scalability, fault tolerance, and observability.
• Deep proficiency in Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, RESTful APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Proven experience in performance optimization and tuning of Java applications and microservices, including: JVM tuning and performance analysis
• Memory management and garbage collection optimization
• Thread management and concurrency optimization
• Application profiling and diagnostic tools
• Production performance troubleshooting and root cause analysis
• API and service response time optimization
• Strong expertise with Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Hands‑on experience in database performance tuning and optimization, including: SQL query tuning
• Execution plan analysis
• Indexing strategies
• Schema and data model optimization
• Database scalability and performance troubleshooting
• Database monitoring and optimization best practices
• Experience working with business‑critical systems where performance, scalability, reliability, and availability are essential.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications with Snowflake and understanding modern clou