Backend Engineer
AI in this role
As a Backend Engineer, you'll join our Retail Banking technology team, where you'll play a key role in designing, developing, and enhancing backend solutions that support critical banking services.
Beyond hands-on engineering, you'll help shape technical decisions, promote engineering excellence, and support the growth of fellow engineers. You'll collaborate with colleagues across ING's global network to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable solutions that improve the banking experience for millions of customers.
About the Team
You will become part of ING Hubs Philippines, an international team supporting ING's Retail Banking business. Our teams bring together diverse perspectives, collaborate across borders, and embrace a culture of continuous learning and shared success.
This is an opportunity to work with colleagues from different countries, exchange knowledge with global experts, and contribute to technology that makes a real difference.
What You'll Do
Develop and maintain reliable, high-quality backend applications
Design and build RESTful APIs and backend services
Write automated tests and champion quality-first engineering practices
Set up and enhance CI/CD pipelines
Apply DevOps and Agile ways of working
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and deliver new features
Incorporate security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle
Contribute to team growth through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and technical interviews
Continuously learn and explore emerging technologies and engineering practices
What We're Looking For
Required Skills & Experience
Proven experience developing backend applications using Java 8, Java 11, or higher
Strong experience with Spring and Spring Boot
Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles
Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs
Hands-on experience with Git or other version control tools
Experience with unit testing and test automation frameworks such as JUnit and Mockito
Strong software engineering fundamentals, including design patterns and clean coding practices
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Experience working within Agile development teams
Nice to Have
Experience with SQL databases, JPA, Hibernate, or related technologies
Knowledge of microservices architecture
Familiarity with containerization and orchestration concepts
Experience with CI/CD tools and build automation tools such as Maven
Exposure to cloud technologies and modern engineering practices
How we score this
Backend Engineer at ING scores 36 out of 100 on AI centrality, which makes it AI Level 1 of 4 (Little AI) on this board. The level measures how much of the work is AI, not seniority.
AI Level 1. The work itself involves no AI, or AI only appears as scenery, such as a company tagline.
- AI Level 480 to 100
- AI Level 360 to 79
- AI Level 240 to 59
- AI Level 10 to 39
Bands come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Open the description and count.
Get new AI jobs by email
One email a week with the new AI jobs, each rated AI Level 1 to 4 for how much AI is in the work. No recruiter spam, unsubscribe in one click.
Free. One email a week. Unsubscribe in one click.
Similar roles
Software Engineering roles rated AI Level 1 at other companies.
What kind of AI work fits you?
Answer 12 practical questions in about three minutes. Get a simple profile, the work it points to, and live roles to explore next.
Find my next step