Senior JAVA Backend Engineer

We are looking for hard core Java developer with a fundamental understanding and experience with Java who will help build and maintain the services that drive our digital channels.

Location: Leeuwarden. If you don't live in that area then travelling to the office once every month is sufficient.

The team
You'll join a fun multidisciplinary stream aligned team of highly skilled and inspiring people, from developers to customer journey experts united in our mission to build Onboarding and Identity resilient systems, work hard, and celebrate our successes.

Our stack
Our back-end APIs are created with an internal Spring (Boot) based framework and run on virtualised hardware. To comply with our regulators demands, IT Risk and security by design part of your DNA. This means that you need to be a quick learner to understand them, and you need to have the ambition to improve and automate as much as possible.

Role and responsibilities

• You will collaborate with your business colleagues and software architects outside the team.
• Together you define how to build new functionalities.
• Most of your time will be spent on implementing, testing, and bringing this to production.

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.

• 8-10 years of software engineering experience, with a minimum of 5 years experience in Back-End development.
• Deep understanding of Java 11 or above
• Experience creating highly scalable, secure, and high-performance REST APIs
• Experience writing Junit test cases and perform test automation
• Experience working with Spring/Spring Boot framework
• Experience working with Kafka
• Experience with containers (Docker, docker-compose, Kubernetes)
• Experience with XML and JSON processing and validation
• Understanding SQL/NoSQL data modelling
• Familiar with performance testing concepts and tools
• Familiar with CI/CD pipelines
• You have a learning attitude. Not only to master new technologies and programming languages, but also on a personal level. You can give and receive feedback
• Embrace a DevOps mindset, taking ownership of refining, coding, testing, and deploying your own work
• You help others to be successful
• Fluent in English (written and verbal).
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum or Kanban

Rewards & benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. You can find out more about our employment conditions at https://www.ing.jobs/netherlands/Why-ING/benefits.htm 

• A salary tailored to your qualities and experience
• 24-27 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• Individual Savings Contribution (BIS), 3.5% of your gross annual salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues
• Work Agile, so new ideas come to life faster

About us
With 60,000 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. Join us. Apply today.