Senior Frontend Engineer

ING is looking for a passionate Senior Frontend Engineer to help us build a Unified Design System in line with ING Global Branding.

The opportunity

Touchpoint Platform is at the heart of ING’s strategy aimed at equipping our engineers with all the tools they need! The tools we provide them, enables them to create business applications that has a differentiating customer experience. Our product area is called One Experience and we also contribute towards the Touchpoint Platform. We own three major products, the Unified Design System, Web, and Mobile SDKs, as well as Content Management as a Service.

The Team

To be more specific, the Unified Design System is split into multiple feature teams, located in different countries, and consisting of different disciplines: UX, Web and Mobile. Hierarchically, we are within the Web and Mobile SDK area and our main challenge now is to develop a global Design System in line with ING Global Branding using web component standards. These components are used as the fundament of all frontend application build by ING engineers worldwide. As engineers, we love to collaborate. We value high quality components, which are flexible, high performant and accessible for those with physical – or situational disabilities. We proudly use the browser as our platform using our open-sourced white label components as a solid foundation.

Roles and Responsibilities

At ING we believe that creating an environment where everybody feels safe and productive is what makes teams great. As a Senior Software engineer you will need to wear many hats to help your squad reach your goals. Some of the roles and responsibilities that we would like to see:

• Contribute to a safe and productive working environment.
• Always take the opportunities to help others be successful.
• Actively seek to grow your own skills, understand new technologies and contribute to the knowledge of those around you.
• Help maintain and support the existing products and goals.
• Contribute towards a realistic roadmap for your squad.
• Become a Blue Security Champion for your area.
• Contribute and help improve the Frontend Architecture at Touchpoint.

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.

• 10+ years’ experience in development/software engineering and working within agile organisations.
• Experience with the NodeJS ecosystem and enjoy keeping up to date with the latest JavaScript releases and features.
• Familiarity with web components meta-specification.
• You prefer lightweight web components over heavy frameworks.
• Experience with the Accessibility (a11y) standards.
• Experience building Design Systems.
• Familiar with design tokens.
• You like writing CSS and follow its developments.
• Experience working and interacting with visual designers.
• Desirable Design Patterns: Single Page Applications, Server-Side Rendering / Static Site Generation, SEO optimization.
• Strong technical communication skills and keen to engage with customers.
• Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.

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.