QA Technical Lead - OMaaP @ING Hubs Romania

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐬.

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub, then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies. Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐁𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐣-𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐚.

𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data Management, Touchpoint Channels & Integration, Core Banking, and Global Products.

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?

The Mission

You will work in the dynamic and challenging environment of Payment. We operate according to a Scrum development process with two-week sprints and strongly believe in the DevOps approach to delivering IT solutions. We strive to have the high-quality mission-critical software delivered in time using iterative development with regular milestone reviews with stakeholders following the ING’s agile way of working to reduce surprises in what we build.

The Order Manager As A Platform is responsible for:

• Building internal and external OMaaP APIs;

• Creating orders for execution and routing them to the payment engine;

• Warehousing orders until they are executed;

• Tracking the status during the entire life-cycle of an order;

• Reporting the status of an order through direct and assisted channels.

The future of the OMaaP is really interesting and contains many challenges and opportunities. For example, processing instant payments and exposing APIs to the outside world.

We are looking for a QA Engineer who will also act as the Scrum Master (Technical Product Owner) for an engineering squad. This is a hybrid role combining technical leadership, process ownership, and team facilitation.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in software quality assurance, experience with automation and performance testing frameworks (e.g., Gatling, Karate, JMeter, K6, RestAssured, Cypress, etc.), and a solid understanding of Agile delivery practices.

Your day to day:

Responsibilities as Leader QA

As the QA lead, you will be accountable for driving our quality strategy and elevating testing practices across the project.

• Establish and champion QA standards, testing frameworks, and quality best practices;

• Guide, mentor, and support QA engineers, enabling them to grow technically;

• Evaluate current testing flows and propose improvements to efficiency, coverage, and reliability;

• Design and oversee test automation strategies using modern tools
  (experience with Gatling/Karate is a plus, but similar experience is fully acceptable);

• Define performance testing strategies and ensure systems meet scalability needs;

• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD and optimize for stability, speed, and flakiness reduction;

• Drive defect management, root-cause analysis, and continuous process improvement;

• Ensure quality is embedded throughout the SDLC (shift-left approach).

Responsibilities as a Scrum Master (Technical PO)

In your Scrum Master/Technical PO capacity you will support the team in planning, alignment, and delivery.

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, refinement, daily stand‑ups, reviews, retrospectives;

• Maintain a healthy, ready, and well-documented backlog;

• Help translate technical needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria;

• Work with developers, architects, and the business to refine scope and ensure technical clarity;

• Track team progress, identify impediments, and ensure timely resolutions;

• Promote continuous improvement, team transparency, and predictable delivery rhythms;

• Serve as a bridge between project needs and technical execution.

What you'll bring to the team

• 8-12 years of experience in software QA (manual & automated);

• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, testing types, and quality processes;

• Experience with automation frameworks (e.g. Karate);

• Experience with performance testing tools (e.g. Gatling);

• Hands-on experience with microservices, REST APIs, CI/CD, and git-based workflows;

• Prior experience mentoring or leading QA engineers;

• Strong Agile knowledge; previous involvement in scrum facilitation;

• Excellent communication, ownership, and stakeholder coordination skills;

• Fluent in English.

Nice to have

• Experience with TDD, BDD, or ATDD testing methodologies in complex system landscapes;

• Familiarity with SEPA CT, SEPA DD, Instant Payments, TIP CT, INT CT, and formats such as PAIN, MX, XML, JSON;

• Exposure to performance optimization within high-throughput transaction systems;

• Hands-on experience with monitoring, observability, or log analytics tools for validating production behaviour;

• Certifications in Software Testing, Payments, or Cloud/DevOps domains;

• Background with contract testing;

• Experience defining technical requirements or acting as a technical PO.

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