Dev Engineer - RiskRatING in Amsterdam

We are looking for a Dev Engineer

Passionate about customers & colleagues, explorative by nature and knowledgable about what IT can do

Think Forward! Our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business. To deliver on our promise we must be where our customers are: everywhere most of the times by digital means. Our customers expect consistently superior experience, instant, borderless and so do our colleagues. That experience is surprisingly personal, remarkably easy, refreshingly smart!

And we are leading the bank industry in maximising the many opportunities of new technologies.  If you are incredibly excited, like we are, about tech and the great potential for progress and innovation, we might have an irresistible job for you!

Job Environment 

ING is transforming rapidly towards a top-notch IT company with a Top Engineering culture, incorporating FinTech start-up mentality and financial innovation. We are end-to-end agile, work in multidisciplinary teams and use cutting edge technology. This enables us to offer our customers the best possible service and respond to rapidly changing customer demands.

We are searching for an energetic developer with a passion for combining thought and action. You serve as an example for engineers when it comes to quality mindset and modern architectural patterns, and an ambassador for the Agile way of working and the ING Orange culture which is represented as the Orange Code: “We are Honest”, “We are Prudent”, and “We are Responsible”. See more about the Orange Code here:

Role Description

We are looking for a strong Backend Developer who is technically passionate, solution-focused, and able to contribute to design, development, test automation and hardening (security, stability, deployment) our new inhouse-developed application where we will maintain the calculations of risk scores of corporate clients.

This new application will replace the current legacy application that uses in-house developed platform (consisting of multiple reusable components) and deployed on a shared WebSphere server. As part of our transformation effort, we already started re-writing functionality into a modern rest API (using Spring Boot deployed in OpenShift) that fits better the new customer journeys. You will join this transformation and design/develop/deliver this new application.

Along with the IT Area Lead, your IT Chapter Lead, and your fellow engineers, you;

• Collaborate within and across squads
  • You can collaborate within the squad on coding, architecture, continuous improvement, structured problem solving, agile way of working and/or any other way that adds value
  • You participate in DevOps rituals when needed (e.g. daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives & peer reviews)
  • You share and try new practices and technologies with your chapter members that have the similar interests and expertise.
• You use your seniority to maximize individual and team performance:
  • You coach and challenge engineers in adopting proper quality standards, both in coding and way of working (e.g. peer reviews, etc)
  • You hold a strong opinion on how IT should be done and can hold a constructive discussion, but you are also willing to follow standpoints of others if they seem more appropriate given the current context and constraints
  • Together with people in your environment, you create an atmosphere of trust within the team while at the same time catalyzing continuous improvement
• Work within a cross border team (with 75% of colleagues working from Mumbai), ensuring equal participation from everyone
• Evolve the architecture (and the people around you if needed) towards modern industry standards and practices (API/Kafka/S3/ELK)
• Create the environment for continuous feedback, coaching and mentoring.

You:

• Have experience working in a complex, regulated environment such as a large financial institution
• Are a seasoned Java engineer, with experience in developing Spring (boot) applications
• Have experience designing, building, running, and maintaining APIs and services
• Able to work on different abstraction levels and not afraid to dive into details when needed
• Are fluent in English speaking and writing and a good communicator in general
• Are experienced with test driven development & test automation
• Have a Growth mind-set and develop this in others
• Are able to bring all ideas/opinions to one conclusion to help make decisions
• Are up to date with new Technology and have a deep understanding of when to use it
• Are humble in approach and not afraid to be wrong
• Are proud of what they do and enjoy sharing this with your external network
• Are experienced in Agile / Scrum / DevOps projects

Knowledge requirements:

• Java 11 (must)
• Spring 5 (must)
• Spring boot 2.x (must)
• Oracle 19c
• Docker
• Kubernetes / OpenShift
• Prometheus
• Kafka
• S3
• Elastic search / ELK

What do we offer?

Working at our company means working in a dynamic and international setting. Individual development for our employees is very important and that is why we offer excellent courses and programs. Diva behaviour is not tolerated, neither is underperformance. We only hire people with exceptional talents.

In addition, we offer:

• Working with highly skilled and ambitious people
• A competitive salary, 27 holiday days and excellent benefits like a 13th month, Pension scheme, personal allowance, laptop, mobile phone, etc.
• Working in an area which is of great importance to the strategy of ING
• An International atmosphere
• A full-time position (36 or 40-hour week, depending on what you prefer)
• Great career prospect
• Strong support for personal growth & professional development