System Engineer in the field of CBDC – U2A in the Retail Digital Euro project (m/f/d)

The Deutsche Bundesbank is a special bank: As an integral part of the European System of Central Banks, we create the conditions for a stable euro and a functioning economy with our daily work. We rely on digital innovation to actively shape the future of money. In a strong team of reliable and responsible people, you can lead the euro into the digital age! System Engineer (m/w/d) im Bereich CBDC – U2A im Retail Digital Euro Projekt Place of work: Frankfurt am Main Job: Full-time (part-time is possible in principle), unlimited Job ID: 2026_0514_02

You analyse regulatory, technical and technical requirements for central clients of a CBDC payment system, in particular for user interfaces (U2A) and the security mechanisms as well as the corresponding backend accesses, and transfer them to consistent system and interface specifications. You model complex system architectures and data flows (e.g. using data flow diagrams or state and sequence models) to make dependencies, critical paths, design and risk decisions transparent and to match other stakeholders. You design and evaluate security tools for user access to the civil society system, in particular by system-atical Threat Modeling, as well as the derivation of appropriate security requirements and countermeasures. You design, evaluate and imple­ment safe authentication and auto­cating mechanisms as well as APIs and intersections taking into account confidentiality, integrity, authenticity and non-disputability. Integrierst cryptographic signatures/encryptions and security protocols (e.g. OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS) into the system architecture and ensure their correct application. You design and accompany functional, safety-relevant tests (e.g. Abuse Cases, Penetration Tests) as well as non-Functional tests and systematically test their results. You work in interdisciplinary teams with other EU central banks as well as with external partners and the ECB in the international project and brings your expertise into agile development processes.

Master or equivalent degree of (economic) informatics, or comparable MINT discipline Very good knowledge and experience in design and implementation of user interfaces, access rights, access security and access performance for very large, distributed and mirrored IT systems and security-critical IT infrastructures, in particular in the context of payment traffic or edger systems Very good communication skills in German Very good English skills In addition, desirable: Experience in modeling complex technical systems and in deriving sound architectural and design decisions Embossed engineering expertise and practical experience in at least one backend programming language as well as confession of API design, test strategies and CI/CD processes Experience in the structured analysis of technical, technical and regulatory requirements and their translation into consistent system and interface specifications Good knowledge of at least one of the IT-Threat Modeling, distributed systems or performance and capacity modeling Outstanding analytical and conceptual skills and experience in cooperation in in interdisciplinary and international teams Good knowledge of agile methods and practices (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Design Thinking)

Compensation & perspectives Compensation based on the TVöD on the basis of the remuneration group 13, plus bank allowance, premiums for special services, future-oriented work in the public service with reliable working conditions, varied tasks, basic possibility of civilisation, possibility of continuation of an existing civil service (until A 15) New Work Homeoffice opportunities within Germany, good technical equipment (e.g. smartphone, notebook), working time: 39 hours/week, 30 days vacation, flexible and scheduleable working hours Additional services Free Germany ticket as a job ticket, good transport connection (bus & train), central location, free parking, operational health management