Senior Software Developer – Silverstone @ING Hubs Romania

REQ-10099295
15/07/2025
IT Engineering
Bucharest, Romania
ING Hubs

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Senior Software Developer – Silverstone @ING Hubs Romania

Discover ING Hubs Romania

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub – a distinct entity from ING Bank Romania – then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies.

Formerly known as ING Tech, as of 2022 we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities under the name of ING Hubs Romania and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj.

With the help of 1400 engineers, risk and operations professionals, we offer 150 services in tech, non-financial risk & compliance, audit and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide.

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1100 colleagues active in Data Management, TouchPoint Channels & Integration and Core Banking.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged. Work ethics, honesty and knowledge sharing are key to our teams and we’re always looking for like-minded people.

Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:

At ING, we're building the solutions of tomorrow, today | 80% of our colleagues in Romania agree

The Mission

We are looking for a strong developer who is technically passionate, solution-focused and able to contribute to the design, development, test automation, and hardening our trading applications.

Your day to day

You will be joining an international team (RO, UK, NL) responsible for the digitalization and automation of some of the bank's trading activities, specifically for the Fixed income desks. Most of the work will involve Java 17/21 with libraries like Spring, Cucumber, Micrometer, Guava, Aeron, ... You will also be exposed to Azure DevOps, Ansible, Docker, Kafka, SQL Server and more.

To be effective in this team you need to be willing to learn about financial markets, specifically the fundamentals of how different instruments are priced, traded and hedged, and turn that knowledge into reliable, high performing code.

Responsibilities:

Design and develop high-performance, low-latency trading applications using Java
Work with SQL Server to design and implement efficient database solutions
Utilize multithreading techniques to optimize performance and scalability
Write maintainable and testable code using best practices, including the use of JUnit, Mockito and Cucumber
Communicate with stakeholders to understand and refine requirements
Collaborate with Front-Office developers and other team members to design and implement new solutions
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Ansible
Continuously improve development processes and best practices

What you’ll bring to the team

Requirements:

7+ years of experience developing Java applications
Strong experience with low latency/high throuput real-time data streaming
Strong experience with Spring Boot, databases, and multithreading
Strong experience with JUnit, Mockito, Cucumber (TDD/BDD)
Experience with event driven systems, Pub/Sub Messaging systems (Kafka, etc)
Experience with System Design
Experience with Linux, Shell scripting etc
Strong understanding of software development principles, including design patterns, testing, and debugging
Strong communication, problem-solving and analytical skills

Nice to have:

Experience working in Financial Markets
Experience with Docker, Azure DevOps, Ansible
Experience with low latency systems and distributed systems is a plus
Experience with Financial Markets technologies: ION/Marketview, Refinitiv
Experience using Python

Foreign languages: English (advanced)
Education: Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in an IT related field

What’s in it for you

Annual Performance Bonus up to two salaries
Extra vacation days depending on the total length of working experience
Flextime – our own way of working
Monthly budget on Benefit platform

Growth opportunities
- Defining a clear career path on short/ mid/ long term and identify the competencies you need to build/ develop to reach the next level: vertically – towards a managerial position or horizontally – towards an expert or architect level, locally or globally
- Internal mobility is encouraged
- Possibility to access International Short-Term Assignments or Long-Term Assignments
- Upskilling/ reskilling programs
Learning & Development opportunities
- Annual training & certifications budget
- Pluralsight & e-learning platforms
CSR activities: tree planting, coding lessons for teenagers etc.

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