Digital product studio for Deutsche Kreditbank's consumer and business banking
Code Factory is the innovation arm of Deutsche Kreditbank, building consumer and business banking products while simultaneously digitalizing internal bank operations. The tech stack reveals a traditional JVM + PostgreSQL/Oracle core (Kotlin, Spring Boot, Hibernate) layered with cloud-native infrastructure (Kubernetes, Terraform, Crossplane, GitOps) — engineering teams are actively adopting Kotlin and Pega while tackling scaling challenges around backend performance and high-traffic workloads. Current hiring is engineering-heavy (7 roles) with leadership gaps in product and management (6 mid-level vs. 4 manager roles), and expansion into Spain and Peru signals geographic scaling beyond the Berlin headquarters.
Code Factory operates as Deutsche Kreditbank's dedicated product and engineering studio, formed in 2018 to drive digital transformation across the banking group. The organization spans 51–200 employees and operates as a cross-functional unit—combining engineering, UX/design, research, and data teams to build products for retail and business customers, while also owning internal software that supports DKB's operational processes. Current initiatives include loans and mortgages product design, business customer onboarding, financial dashboards, and infrastructure modernization (scalable cloud deployment, continuous delivery practices). The team works within a complex, cross-border regulatory environment and is in active high-growth mode, hiring across Germany, Spain, and Peru.
Kotlin, Spring Boot, Hibernate, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Kafka, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Grafana, Prometheus, and OpenSearch. Currently adopting Kotlin and Pega for business process automation.
Loans and mortgages product design, business customer onboarding transformation, financial dashboards, internal HR tools, scalable cloud infrastructure, and continuous delivery improvements to support Deutsche Kreditbank's digital banking expansion.
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