Senior Backend Engineer at ING Innovation in Amsterdam

Backend engineer at XLINQ - ING Neo (Innovation)

The opportunity

XLINQ, an ING Neo startup, has been established with the idea to explore new ways to build banking software that helps banks to replace legacy systems and to implement new services faster.

We have built a platform that digitizes requirements in unambiguous specifications and automates the end-to-end software development process. The software generated by the XLINQ platform is cloud native.

As it is common in startup culture, there is a completely flat organizational structure. We take end-to-end responsibility of our products and execute in an iterative way towards our goal! The team faces various and often unique technical challenges which, according to our engineers' own words, are both stimulating and satisfying once resolved. We strive to provide an open work atmosphere so that our team members are given maximum freedom to explore, propose and employ the best ideas, methodologies, and cutting-edge technology that's best suited for each task.

Roles and responsibilities

XLINQ aims to develop software for the financial services domain in a model driven way. The team delivers Domain Specific Languages (DSL’s) that are used to model various business domains in financial services. Based on the DSL specifications, software solutions can be generated with consistent quality, lower cost, and shorter time to market.

Knowledge and skills used daily by backend engineers are Microservices Architecture, Relational Database, Reactive Frameworks, Functional Programming, Choreographical Workflow Engines, Events and Messaging, CD/CI pipeline, Docker and Kubenetes, and some operational skills in Cloud Environment.

As a backend and language software engineer, you are responsible for developing and designing DSLs (Domain Specific Languages), the generated software runtime as well as the generator itself. You will participate in the design and development of mission-critical components of XLINQ software products. You will take on great technical challenges in a small team or sometimes independently. This means the backend engineer needs to be capable and willing to carry out assignments without continuous guidance. A backend engineer is also responsible for the continuous improvement of software quality in many aspects such as coding patterns, testing strategy, and run-time system architecture.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.

Minimum qualifications

• Have 5+ years of hands-on experience in backend software development
• Have 3+ years of hands-on experience in Model Driven Engineering
• Experience in Java 8+ or other Object Oriented Programming language
• Experience in Microservices

Preferred qualification

• -2+ years Scala development experience
• 3+ years of Java or other Object-Oriented Programming language
• Abstract thinking skills and academic level in computer science or other engineering studies
• Well versed in Git/Gitlab and CD/CI tools and pipelines
• Familiar with Agile / Scrum methodology.
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong team player and experience in working with teams in and across sites.
• Experience working with Docker and Kubernetes is a plus
• Exposure of Virtualization / Cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP is a plus

Rewards & benefits

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• A 36 to 40 hour working week
• A dynamic international working environment with innovative colleagues supporting your endeavors
• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• Flexible working hours and the possibility to work at home
• A reimbursement for travel expenses
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• You will receive 27 vacation days per year, with 8% Holiday payment
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues who strive for the very best
• Progressive way of working according to the Agile method, so that new ideas come to life
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities to realize your ambitions

Questions?

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About us

With 57,000 employees and operations in approximately 40 countries, there is no shortage of opportunities for people with initiative who want to help people take a step ahead in life and in business. Do you want to work at the cutting edge of what’s possible and at the same time ensure you work with integrity and hold the customer’s interests at heart? Do you want to be surrounded by progressive, inspiring, diverse and supportive colleagues? Then there is no better place to invest your talents than at ING. Join us. Apply today.