JAVA API Engineer Omnichannel in Amsterdam

ING is looking for an AWESOME mid-senior level JAVA API engineer to strengthen its OmniChannel development chapter that delivers mission-critical APIs for the ING Mobile and Web Banking App. 

Do you thrive on working on the cutting edge? Do you crave new challenges? Do you want to be part of an amazing department of our company that aims at providing the best customer journey experience in Mobile and Web Banking? Are you packed with great ideas? Is doing things smarter, part of your DNA? Do you have the mentality that aligns with our culture where you ‘take it on and make it happen’? Are you someone who takes ownership and who can give other engineers a lot of energy?

Come help us re-imagine our solutions to provide a world-class mobile and web app to delight our customers.

What is our purpose?

• To create and maintain a frictionless API layer for ING Mobile and Web Frontends.
• To integrate our platform (mobile and web) with the ING core financial services.
• To provide secure and high performing APIs.

What do we do?

• We (as a team) have a keen market focus and we always explore new technology opportunities.
• We adapted the Agile Squad and Chapter model from Spotify Engineering Culture.
• We have a Quality Driven and Continuous Improvement culture.
• We work closely with iOS, Android and Web engineers.

What are our challenges?

• Integrating micro services from within and outside our bank.
• Implement new technologies without a negative customer impact.

Why would we want you to be a part of our team?

• You love technology and naturally stay up-to-date on relevant new developments.
• You have 5+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in creating high scalability mission-critical applications.
• You are able to develop maintainable code.
• You have experience with secure programming.
• You have experience with Linux and shell scripting.
• You have sound knowledge of relational databases (Oracle, or alike) and NoSQL datastores (Cassandra, or alike).
• You value a multi-cultured environment where English is the working language and you easily get on with people from different cultural backgrounds.
• You don’t mind traveling occasionally to other European countries where ING is situated.
• You have a DevOps mindset (responsible for building and running your developed application).
• You are a great team player – understand your role, hold yourself accountable, you are committed to your team, you are optimistic and future-focused, you backup goals with action.

What technology expertise are we looking for?

• Java 8+, Spring, Cassandra, Oracle, Kafka, Linux
• Test Driven Development, Design Patterns, Object Oriented and Functional Programming

What do we offer?

• A dynamic team.
• A modern workplace in Amsterdam.
• A 36 to 40 hr work week.
• Market top salary + 13th month and benefits.
• Ample opportunities for individual development – visits to IT seminars and events.
• An area that is on the move, where we ensure there is continuity as well as innovation.
• You will be probably the first person to use the new features on the app before it reaches the customers. How exciting!