Real-Time Data Platform Engineer

Are you ready to take ownership of real-time data systems that power critical banking processes?

As an Engineer, you will design, build, and operate scalable data solutions while ensuring they remain reliable, secure, and compliant in a regulated environment.

You’ll work with modern cloud-native technologies and contribute to platforms that make an impact across ING.

The team
You will be part of small, high-performing engineering team working on real-time data platforms that support multiple business domains.

Our team focuses on building scalable, resilient, and compliant data solutions that enable ING to process and act on data in real time.

We work in an agile, collaborative, and international environment where learning, ownership, and continuous improvement are key.
 

Roles and responsibilities
In this role, you will combine engineering with operational ownership in a regulated environment:

• Design and develop real-time data processing applications

• Build and operate APIs and data services across multiple domains

• Take end-to-end ownership following the “You build it, you run it” principle

• Ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and well-monitored

• Improve data flows and integrations together with domain stakeholders

• Contribute to technical design and engineering best practices

• Ensure compliance with IT risk, security, and regulatory standards

• Manage lifecycle activities (LCM) such as upgrades, patching, and decommissioning

• Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities

• Support incident management, monitoring, and audit processes

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. .

• Experience with Kubernetes, Apache Flink, and Java

• Proven ability to build data pipelines or APIs in a cloud-native environment

• Understanding of distributed systems and real-time processing

• Awareness of security, risk, and compliance practices

• Strong ownership mindset with focus on quality and reliability

• Collaborative and proactive approach to problem-solving

Rewards and benefits
We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract

• Pension scheme

• 13th month salary

• 8% Holiday payment

• Hybrid working

• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities

• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

About us
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