Sanctions and Embargo Screening Engineer

Engineer, Sanctions & Embargo Screening - AVP

Job Description:

Job Title: Engineer, Sanctions & Embargo Screening - AVP

Location: Pune, India

Role Description

• We are looking for an experienced Engineer for Sanctions & Embargo screening squad. This position is with Corporate Bank - Transaction Surveillance Technology area. 
• Transaction Surveillance Technology is an integral part of Cash Management and has been established as a first line of defence function to build appropriate controls to ensure regulatory compliance. The Sanctions and Embargo screening is a service within Transaction Surveillance, which provides near real-time, automated screening of transactions to ensure Anti Financial Crime compliance of the Deutsche Bank group and its various businesses.  
• To strengthen our development team, we are looking for Software Engineers who can design, develop, and implement innovative solutions to achieve our goal. 
• As a Software Developer / Engineer, you will design and develop application code for business issues, implement technical solutions and configure applications in different environments. To meet business needs, you actively participate in the design and architecture of the application or its components, explore and propose appropriate technologies, support the reusability of existing components, and help create frameworks. 

Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank division is a leading provider of cash management, trade finance and securities finance. We complete green-field projects that deliver the best Corporate Bank - Securities Services products in the world. Our team is diverse, international, and driven by shared focus on clean code and valued delivery.  At every level, agile minds are rewarded with competitive pay, support, and opportunities to excel. 

You will work as part of a cross-functional agile delivery team. You will bring an innovative approach to software development, focusing on using the latest technologies and practices, as part of a relentless focus on business value. You will be someone who sees engineering as team activity, with a predisposition to open code, open discussion and creating a supportive, collaborative environment. You will be ready to contribute to all stages of software delivery, from initial analysis right through to production support.

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

• Understanding of initial requirement documents, Functional Requirement Document (FRD) and preparation of the Technical Specifications or the design artifacts. 
• Design and development of components to assist in the real-time transaction screening process. 
• Manage the application maintenance and implementation of planned engineering changes according to agile principles / processes. 
• Ensuring timely completion & delivery of project and extending pre and post production release support activities. 
• Provide Level-3 technical support as part of reliability engineering team in line with DevOps culture. Contribute in toil reduction from production and improve automation. 
• Implementation and compliance with bank policies (naming conventions, encryption, security settings, capacity, availability, and other non-functional requirements). 
• Code reviews based on the four-eye principle as well as problem and root cause analysis. 
• Support production deployment and prod issue analysis, production support over weekend on need basis to keep the application stable/BAU.

Apart from daily development activities, it is also expected that you contribute on following: 

• Review and take in of vendor deliverables / packages 
• Integration of the above with DB infrastructure  
• Presentation for technical as well as business audience in demo sessions 
• Technical support for functional as well as performance testing. 

Your skills and experience

• Bachelor of Science/Engineering degree from an accredited college or university with a concentration in Computer-Science , Data Science, AI, or related field or Software Engineering (or equivalent )
• Total 9+ years of experience in IT industry with exposure to software development 
• Strong proficiency in Python for ML/AI development , generative AI and AI ecosystems
• Strong proficiency in Java and related technologies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills (analyzes the technical defect, identify the root-cause, and provide workaround/permanent solution) 

Must have skills- 

• Programming: Java, Python, REST, APIs, JSON, JPA, Spring Framework, Spring boot, Junit, 
• Query/Scripting:   SQL, shell script
• Strong proficiency in Python for ML/AI development.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and Generative AI use cases, with Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, related AI ecosystems.
• Good Knowledge of embeddings, vector similarity search, and RAG architecture
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, Git, Maven, Artifactory , Jenkins, CI/CD
• Platform: RedHat Linux, Kubernetes/Openshift, Docker  
• Writing clean, modular, testable, and production-ready Python code.

Nice to have skills-  

• Dev Ops: Jenkins, Team City, u-Deploy, Ansible 
• Middleware: JMS, Kafka 
• Experience with MLops, MLflow, Kubeflow or similar tools.
• Experience with cloud application deployment and maintenance.
• Advanced Oracle 12c: Data Migration, Partitions, Performance Tuning, AWR Reports 
• Container: OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS/GCP/Azure  or any cloud platform 
• Functional: Payment Industry overview, Sanctions screening, MT/MX/ISO messaging 

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

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

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.

Experience Level

Executive Level