Java Engineer - SEPA - PSS @ING Hubs RO

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ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬.

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub, then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies. Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐣-𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data Management, Touchpoint Channels & Integration, Core Banking, and Global Products.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?

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

At ING, we embrace our tech side | 81% of our IT colleagues agree

The Mission

Payment & Settlement Services (PSS) is a professional service provider designing, building and operating high quality and efficient payment, settlement and open banking services. We leverage our scalable payments target stack and the expertise of our people, to deliver these services.

SEPA | our SEPA Credit Transfer service provides the processing of euro payments, from technical solution to product development and operational activities for regular and instant payments. The Real Time Payments Engine relies on SEPA teams in RO to pre-process transactions, reconciliation files and settlement bookings.

Your day to day

Even if you’ll start your day from the comfort of your home or drink your morning coffee in the office, your day will be quite similar when it comes to tasks. The team you’ll be working in is focused on supporting the whole SEPA area by:

• Enhancing, maintaining and standardizing libraries used across SEPA area

• creating comprehensive guides and documentation for development process

• supporting SEPA teams with technical migrations and onboarding processes

You will contribute by:

• Coding: implement or enhance features from your team’s backlog

• Code Reviews: Conduct thorough code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members and teams across the area

• User Stories: Refine and implement user stories derived from features, ensuring clarity and feasibility.

• Continuous learning: stay up to date with technologies & tool - incorporate latest best practices, tools into libraries used across SEPA area

• Coding & Testing: Engage in coding, unit testing, and assist with UAT (User Acceptance Testing).

• End-to-End Ownership: Take full ownership of user stories from analysis to release and support.

• Demos: Present demos to user groups and teams, showcasing new features.

• Communication: Clear communication announcements about libraries upgrades, migration.

• IT Risk Management: Ensure user stories are delivered within the scope of ING IT Risk, and perform all necessary IT risk requirements and documentation.

• Collaboration: Work closely with teams across SEPA area, located in Bucharest, Amsterdam, Mumbai, and Manila.

• Agile team: Actively participate in Scrum rituals, including stand-ups, retrospectives, refinements, and reviews.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Experience:

  • Java Expertise: Minimum of 5+ years' experience with Java 17 and 21.

  • CI/CD Tools: Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GIT, Maven, Azure, Ansible, and Docker.

  • Observability & Monitoring: experience with Open telemetry or similar, Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.

  • Scripting: knowledge of at least one scripting language, like bash, python

  • Spring Framework: Good knowledge of Spring Boot and concurrent/thread-safe programming.

  • Performance Optimization: Focus on optimizing the performance and quality of applications.

  • Linux Skills: Good Linux skills for day-to-day operations.

  • Software Design Paradigms: Good understanding of software design principles and patterns.

  • Agile Methodologies: Strong preference for working in SCRUM and agile environments.

• Nice to have:

  • Kafka: Understanding and practical exposure to Kafka.

  • JMS Integration: Proficient in using JMS for enterprise application integration.

  • TDD & BDD: Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber and Gherkin.

  • XML Technologies: Experience with XML, XSL, and XSD, particularly for MX message handling.

  • Cassandra/DBaaS Databases: Experience working with Cassandra, Oracle databases.

  • Payments Industry Knowledge: Good understanding of the payments industry and its standards.

• Foreign languages: English (advanced)

• Education: must have Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in an IT related field

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