Chapter Lead Engineering

A Chapter lead sets the standards for the chapter area and takes responsibility for developing, innovating, and safeguarding knowledge in the field of expertise to deliver technical activities related to the continuous delivery of working services for the organization and its customers. Develops and leads people to meet both their individual goals, career goals, organization's goals.

As this is a people and technology leadership, for one of our Squads you will be driving advancement in our engineering practices. You will lead by example and coach others to develop and automate the testing of robust, adaptable code that is always production ready.

Through collaboration with other developers your work will improve the digital banking experience for our customers and our staff, and as a leader in the software engineering community you will play a key role in the continual advancement of our engineering practices through practices such as Agile and Continuous Delivery but you will also remain highly aware of industry trends and bring the best of the global engineering practices to ING.

What you’ll do

• Lead the SDLC technology landscape while supporting the tribe on various initiatives as well as leading a team of 4 engineers plus vendor resources.
• Write code that is easy to read, highly maintainable, and written with automated testing in mind while ensuring quality and ownership for deliverables, set and improve standards according to ING’s agile way of working.
• Ensure the effective documentation and communication of knowledge, system and process.
• Manage multiple stakeholders and teams in a collaborative and results driven manner
• Be an advocate for the adoption of Agile / Scrum practice, methodologies, and attitudes. Role model Agile leadership behaviours

What we’re looking for

• 8 + Years of Software Engineering expertise with Core Java (Java 8 highly rewarded) as well as Spring Boot, Hibernate/JPA, REST APIs & Microservices
• 2+ years' technical and people leadership experience in delivering software projects, familiar with Kafka is highly desirable.
• Deep understanding of tools across full software delivery lifecycle as well as a good understanding of DevOps best practices
• Expertise with SDLC fundamentals including Scalable architectures, domain-driven and event-driven design as well as Databases experience such as SQL (MSSql/MySQL), NoSQL (MongoDB/Redis), query optimization
• Ability to operate independently and provide technical and personable leadership in ambiguity.

Desirable skills

• AWS/Azure/GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.
• Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar pub-sub tools.
• OWASP, secure coding practices, compliance knowledge (e.g., GDPR).

What’s in it for you?

• Drop everything and learn with over 16,000 professional and personal development courses to choose from
• Discounted ING Health Insurance
• An additional Rest Day to support your wellbeing.
• An IMPACT day to volunteer on approved sustainability activity

About Us
At ING, we want to make life simpler and more worthwhile – for everyone who banks with us, for the people who work with us, and the community at large, too. 
 
When you come to work at ING, you’re joining a team where individuality isn’t just accepted, it’s encouraged. We’ve built a culture that’s fun, friendly and supportive – it’s the kind of place where you can be yourself and make the most of whatever you have to offer. 
 
We give people the freedom to think differently, take ownership of their work, and make great things happen. We’re here to help you get ahead. And with our global network, there’s plenty of scope to take your career in new directions, perhaps even ones you’ve never considered. 
 
We are all about celebrating success and as a result we are proud to be a WGEA Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and a certified Family Inclusive workplace.
 
Sound like the kind of place you’d feel at home? We’d love to hear from you. 
 
(One last thing, ING operates a direct talent sourcing model. So no agency introductions, please.) 

Applications close: 20th December 2024
 
 

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