Discover ING Hubs Romania

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?

The Mission

We’re looking for a Chapter Lead who:

Continues hands-on contribution within the squad, applying deep technical expertise
Is a Team Builder & People Leader, driving recruitment, development, and engagement
Acts as a Capability Owner, fostering collaboration and delivery excellence

Your day-to-day responsibilities

Leadership & Capability Development

Direct manager for a team of 8-10 engineers across different technology skills
Setting team objectives and conducting Performance Evaluation
Provide regular performance feedback and conduct career planning with chapter members
Take appropriate corrective action as needed to promote optimal employee performance
Identifying training needs of the team and individuals
Mentoring and coaching engineers
Recruitment (on/off boarding), hiring, and training of new talent
Ensure individuals and team align with company policies, training, compliance modules etc.

Delivery

Support interactions with customers and development team to gather and define requirements
Accountable for the delivery of high-quality software solutions, services and the support of such solutions and applications (i.e. Build and Run)
Ensure the team consistently ships high quality code
Build strong partnerships with business, operations, infrastructure and other key stakeholder groups
Analyze risks, issues and other data in supporting teams reaching actionable decisions
Create and manage plans to mitigate risks for all projects in your Squad
Ensure the team focuses on removing bottlenecks, improving system performance, and optimizing reliability and maintainability
Partner with Product Owners and CJEs to own and plan the backlog and adapt to changes in priorities/requirements/velocity in an agile environment
Provide regular reports to the Area Lead and other departments on your Squad’s achievements, challenges and recommended solutions

Practice & Craftsmanship

Work with Chapter Leads, Tech Leads and other Senior Engineers to ensure best practices are implemented and followed
Identify and implement appropriate continuous improvement opportunities
Help improve our engineering tooling and practices
Drive cross-team collaboration

What you bring to the team

University degree in IT or engineering
10+ years of IT experience, including leadership roles
Strong engineering foundation with hands-on experience in Java, Spring Boot, Python, REST APIs design and implementation, knowledge about SOAP
Experience with front-end technologies (JavaScript, HTML, CSS, TypeScript) will be appreciated
Skilled in modern architecture, DevOps, CI/CD (Azure DevOps), and containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift)
Experience with SRE tooling (Grafana, Prometheus), integration (Kafka, JMS, MQ), testing frameworks (JUnit, Selenium, Cucumber), and databases (Oracle, Hibernate, ElasticSearch)
Previous coordination role with the ability to build teams from scratch
Proven experience and expertise in delivering high quality enterprise applications
Excellent Stakeholder Management
Strong interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills
In depth knowledge of industry standard best practices, development lifecycle processes and methodologies
Experience using agile methodology is a plus
Thorough understanding of quality management

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Die ING ist eine globale Bank mit über 60.000 Mitarbeitenden. Wir sind für rund 38 Millionen Privat-Kundinnen und Kunden sowie für unsere Geschäfts- und Firmenkunden in über 40 Ländern da. Wir sind bunt, vielfältig, digital und stolz darauf. Lust uns kennenzulernen?

Dich erwartet eine Kultur auf Augenhöhe, flexible Arbeitsweisen und die Chance, mit einem Job wirklich etwas zu verändern. Denn als globale Bank berühren wir das Leben von Millionen Menschen und wir streben danach einen positiven Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft und auf unseren Planeten zu haben.

Selbstbestimmtes Arbeiten ist unser täglich Brot: Wir vertrauen unseren Mitarbeitenden und ermutigen sie, ihr Ding zu machen – also ihre Karriere so zu gestalten, wie es für sie am besten ist.

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Chapter Lead Engineer | Inside Business Portal @ING Hubs Romania