About the Graduate Programme:

The Deutsche Bank Graduate Programme is a comprehensive programme designed to provide you with exposure to a range of fascinating projects and ongoing professional and technical training to develop the skills you need to grow your career. You'll feel supported by a network of peers and mentors and benefit from our global wellbeing programme.

About the division:

Are you fascinated by how and why financial markets move, how traders and financiers price risk and what drives the global web of transactions that make economies tick? As part of our market leading Investment Bank, our Fixed Income & Currencies (FIC) business sits at the heart of global financial markets and offers graduates insights into the dynamic and fast-paced world of Interest Rates, Foreign Exchange, and Credit. We recruit for a range of challenging roles in the areas of Sales, Trading and Structuring that will give you the skills and professional network necessary for a successful career in finance.

Location: Frankfurt am Main

Start & Duration: July 2026

Given our German roots and dominant market share in Germany and Europe, we have the broadest range of roles in Frankfurt compared with our investment banking peers. Click here to access detailed business descriptions that give you an insight into the wide variety of desks in Frankfurt and demonstrate the diversity of backgrounds that we look for.

As part of the Graduate Programme you can expect:

• Mentoring from senior management to find the right team based on your unique skill set
• Intensive investment in your learning, both formal and on-the-job
• Empowerment to explore and pitch your business ideas, with a fast feedback loop
• Exposure to products, clients, and trends at the center of financial markets
• Opportunity to develop a network of high performing financing professionals to drive your future career prospects

We look for high potential candidates who:

• Demonstrate ambition, focus, and self-drive
• Are resilient and eager to take on responsibility
• Are intellectually curious and have strong quantitative reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Are able to explain complex concepts in an understandable way
• Are enthusiastic to learn about financial markets and products
• Have excellent academic results

To be eligible for the 2026 Graduate Programme you must:

• Complete your studies (all final exams, coursework and have no outstanding requirements for graduation) between 1st January 2025 and 31st July 2026
• Be able to start full time work in July 2026, subject to local working legislation and visa requirements
• Possess no more than 12 months full-time, relevant work experience (excluding internships)

Financial wellbeing: Competitive base salary, comprehensive pension, insurance and benefit plans, contribution for “Deutschlandticket”

Professional training & development: Orientation phase, professional skill training, learning portals (e.g. LearningHub, GetAbstract)

Empowering personal journey: Permanent full time contract, experienced mentor and graduate buddy from day one

About us and our teams:

Our values define the working environment we strive to create – where our people have a sense of belonging and everyone feels welcomed, respected and can contribute and grow. We know that high-performing teams have different skills, backgrounds, and experiences. We collaborate, encourage and enable open dialogue and diversity of views. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential. Talk to us about flexible work arrangements and other initiatives we offer.

We promote good working relationships and encourage high standards of conduct and work performance. We welcome applications from talented people from all cultures, countries, races, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities, beliefs and generations and are committed to providing a working environment free from harassment, discrimination and retaliation.

Visit This is DB – Deutsche Bank Careers to discover more about the culture of Deutsche Bank including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Leadership, Learning, Future of Work and more besides.