Chapter Lead Java | Daily Banking & Investments @ING Bank

At ING, we believe people should have the freedom to shape their future in their own way. Our Daily Banking & Investments area plays a key role in empowering millions of customers to easily manage their everyday financial life. If you’re excited by engineering excellence, high-performance systems, and the chance to influence how one of Romania’s most-used digital banking apps evolves, this role is for you.

You’ll join a mature squad with a strong engineering culture, operating in a fast-paced environment where curiosity, ownership and high-quality delivery are the norm. Cross-functional collaboration is embedded in how the team works — engineers, product managers, designers and platform specialists co-create meaningful digital banking experiences every day.

As a Chapter Lead Java, you’ll combine people leadership with technical leadership, guiding a community of Java engineers while remaining hands-on in driving standards for performance, scalability, and engineering best practices. You’ll be instrumental in shaping the future of ING’s Home’Bank application — a platform with over 30 million logins every month.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and grow a team of Java engineers, supporting their development, skills expansion, and engineering quality;
• Promote and teach strong Java engineering practices, ensuring alignment with ING Group standards;
• Design, develop, and maintain highly performant, reliable and scalable code for complex backend scenarios;
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams — product, design, marketing, support and platform — to continuously improve the customer experience;
• Engineer and challenge product and technical specifications, ensuring maintainability, test coverage, resilience, and adherence to industry standards;
• Analyze trade-offs and document technical decisions related to Java engineering practices.

What you bring to the team:

• 10+ years of professional development experience and a portfolio of shipped applications;
• Advanced Java programming experience (7+ years);
• Proficiency with J2EE/JEE stack (JMS, JAX-WS, JAX-RS, EJB), Spring Core, Spring Boot, Hibernate, Microservices;
• Strong understanding of REST and SOAP services;
• Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and message brokers (preferably Kafka);
• Strong communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills;
• Passion for coaching and developing engineering talent, acting as a role model for the chapter;
• Agile & Continuous Delivery mindset with attention to quality and detail;
• Adaptability and strong problem-solving skills, especially in complex technical environments.

What we offer:

• Impactful work in a fun, inclusive and highly collaborative environment;
• Modern, open office spaces built for teamwork and creative work;
• Hybrid working model with flexibility baked in;
• Monthly benefit budget you can use your way;
• Extra paid vacation days based on total work experience;
• Continuous learning opportunities through ING Learning Centre, Udemy, Bookster, trainings and certifications;
• Internal mobility across ING worldwide, including short- and long-term international assignments;
• Opportunities to contribute to sustainability and CSR initiatives.

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To work here is to be surrounded by people who are energetic, ambitious, friendly and respectful: talented specialists who take responsibility and autonomy to make great things happen. We stay curious, thrive on change, and seek new and better ways to make it happen. Active in Romania for 30 years, ING Bank pioneered and challenged the local banking industry. Technology and innovation are at the core of what we do, making our products relevant for our customers’ lives and businesses.