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TFS Interfaces Chapter Lead

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This role leads the Trade Finance Services Interfaces Engineering Chapter at ING, a global bank, combining people leadership with technical leadership of API and integration engineering. It requires coaching and developing engineers, driving architecture and engineering standards for Java/Kotlin backend systems, and partnering with Product Owners and Architects on delivery. Candidates need a strong engineering background with team leadership experience, hands-on Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot development, and experience building RESTful APIs and microservices in Agile, enterprise-scale environments; banking domain experience, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, and DevOps/SRE knowledge are preferred.

Chapter Lead Engineer II
Transaction Services - Trade Finance Services, Interfaces
At ING, we're redefining what banking can be. As a global financial institution with a strong technology-driven culture, we empower our people to innovate, collaborate, and create meaningful impact.
We're looking for a Chapter Lead Engineer II to lead our Trade Finance Services Interfaces Engineering Chapter. This is an exciting opportunity for a technology leader who is passionate about building high-performing engineering teams while driving the design and delivery of scalable API and integration solutions that support global banking operations.
If you enjoy balancing people leadership, technical excellence, and strategic influence, we'd love to hear from you.
What You'll Do
Lead and Develop Engineering Talent
•Coach, mentor, and develop software engineers across the chapter.
•Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture.
•Support career growth, learning initiatives, and technical capability development.
•Partner with hiring teams on recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning.
Drive Technical Excellence
•Provide technical leadership for API and interface engineering.
•Guide architecture, design, development, and modernization initiatives.
•Establish and promote engineering standards across Java, Kotlin, APIs, testing, security, and observability.
•Support teams in solving complex technical and production challenges.
Enable Delivery Success
•Partner closely with Product Owners, Architects, and global stakeholders.
•Help translate business priorities into practical technology solutions.
•Manage technical dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments.
•Contribute to long-term technology roadmaps and continuous improvement initiatives.
Champion Reliability and DevOps
•Drive automation, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and operational excellence.
•Promote secure software development practices.
•Improve system stability, resilience, and recoverability.
•Support incident management, root-cause analysis, and risk mitigation activities.
What We're Looking For
Required Experience
•Strong software engineering background with experience leading technical teams or engineering initiatives.
•Proven people leadership, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
•Hands-on experience developing backend applications using Java and Kotlin.
•Strong knowledge of Spring Framework and Spring Boot.
•Experience building RESTful APIs, microservices, and enterprise integration solutions.
•Experience working in Agile environments and enterprise-scale technology organizations.
•Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Preferred Experience
•Banking, financial services, or Trade Finance domain experience.
•Cloud platform experience, particularly Microsoft Azure.
•Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, MQ, or similar technologies.
•Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps, site reliability engineering, and observability practices.
•Experience modernizing legacy applications and adopting event-driven architectures.
Why Join ING?
At ING, you'll work alongside talented professionals from around the world while helping build technology solutions that power global banking services.
You'll have the opportunity to:
•Lead and grow a team of skilled engineers.
•Influence technology strategy and engineering standards.
•Work on modern cloud and API-driven platforms.
•Collaborate with international teams and stakeholders.
•Contribute to large-scale transformation and modernization initiatives.
•Continue your professional growth through learning, mentorship, and global career opportunities.
About ING
With 65,000 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.

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