C++/Java Time Series Database Engineer

The Mission:

ING is looking for driven C++ Engineers with some Java knowledge to work on the multi-asset trading platforms. The in-house built high-performance pricing systems, together with the vendor-built trading, quoting systems, time-series databases and complex event processing engines are key platforms for the real-time low-latency landscape in scope of the growing Financial Markets domain.

ING is using this environment to connect to a large amount of trading exchanges, worldwide to offer the sharpest pricing quotes and executions to our clients. Therefor these systems are on dedicated infrastructure in special datacenters located in close proximity to the key markets, like Eurex, MTS, etc.
With the further digital transformation of pricing and trading, it is an important cornerstone of ING Financial Markets IT. You can be a key asset for ING and an important part of this journey to make it successful with us all.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications and interfaces for high-availability and performing systems

• Develop and configure components for a Financial Markets specific time series database

• Write well designed, testable, efficient code delivering time series database collectors/interfaces to financial markets

• Data processing (loading, analyzing, modeling, reporting)

• As part of a DevOps squad, work closely with the Product Owner, business stakeholders and engineers from related teams

• Taking ownership of IT reliability and security (Operational Control) and risk, e.g. code scanning (SonarQube, Fortify)

• ·       Propose opportunities and innovations

Occasional travel abroad (Amsterdam) is required.

Who we are looking for?

We are looking for passionate IT specialists who love to prevent and solve technical problems regarding stability, capacity, and performance of the system. Important characteristics:

• Deliver on promises while keeping good communication lines with clients and partners

• “Can do" mentality, flexibility and ability to take ownership

• A collaborative approach to solving problems while bringing positive energy to the team

• Ability to give and receive professional feedback

• Relentlessly learn and think in solutions

What you bring to the team:

• Academic education: Bachelor or Master in Computer Science, Cybernetics or equivalent.

• At least 4-7 years of experience as an engineer, exposure to financial industry is a plus.

• Thorough understanding of and experience with programming and scripting languages (C++, Java, Python, etc.), databases (SQL and No SQL), modern development frameworks (e.g. SpringBoot, etc.), networking and modern OS’es (Linux/Windows)

•  Knowledge of Agile Methodologies

• An excellent spoken and written command of English

•  Affinity with or interest in banking, and specifically Financial Markets

Nice to have:

• Development experience of distributed/multi-process applications, time series databases

• Hands-on knowledge of Continuous Delivery tools such as: Ansible, Git, Jenkins, ELK or other equivalent

If you have a passion for IT then you we would love to talk to you