Senior Front-End Developer – Payment Products @ING Hubs Romania

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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 and Analytics Tech, Tech Foundation and Channels, Retail Core Banking and Architecture, and Global Products and Technology Services. 

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

Within our Payment Products area, we’re looking for an enthusiastic Senior Front-End Developer who’s passionate about building high‑quality, scalable user experiences. Our domain sits at the heart of ING: between our core banking systems and millions of end customers. We enable processes such as iDEAL‑Wero, payment initiation, transaction reporting, Betaalverzoek, Insights — and much more — across all ING channels.

You will work in the Open Banking squad, a diverse team developing APIs and front-end journeys that expose ING’s reliable products to the outside world via our developer portal (developer.ing.com). We also own the transaction download front-end, which we aim to significantly uplift in customer satisfaction. Curiosity is key — you’ll have plenty of room to experiment, innovate, and bring your ideas to life.

Your day to day

As a Front-End Engineer in our Agile DevOps team, you will:

• Develop, enhance, and maintain reusable front-end components using Web Components (LitHTML), JavaScript, and related technologies;
• Collaborate closely with back-end engineers to build seamless, intuitive experiences for ING’s developer platform;
• Implement scalable, performant, and clean front-end code;
• Ensure high standards for accessibility, security, and usability;
• Raise the bar on code quality, test automation, and performance engineering;
• Mentor less-experienced engineers and help grow front-end craftsmanship within the squad;
• Support the full DevOps lifecycle: coding, testing, deployment, monitoring;
• Continuously improve our engineering culture, automation, and CI/CD pipelines;
• Work as part of a small, multidisciplinary squad that takes full ownership of its products.

Our Tech Stack

• Front-end: Web Components (LitHTML), JavaScript, HTML/CSS.
• Back-end exposure: Interacting with REST APIs (Kotlin/Java Spring Boot).
• Platforms & tooling: Azure DevOps, Git.

What you’ll bring to the team

• 5+ years of front-end development experience;
• Proven experience with JavaScript and modern front-end patterns/frameworks;
• Experience with Web Components, or willingness to learn;
• Understanding of CI/CD, testing, automation, and DevOps practices;
• Fluent communication skills in English;
• A “Can do” mentality — take it on and make it happen;
• A drive for continuous improvement: personal, technical, and team-based;
• Awareness of working in a complex IT environment where IT Risk & compliance matter;

Nice to have:

• Full-stack experience;
• Experience building developer-facing platforms or APIs;
• Experience shaping front-end guidelines, shared libraries, or design systems.

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