At ING we are looking for an Engineering Manager

Your role and work environment

We are looking for a talented and enthusiastic Engineering Manager to join our Tech Domain.

Within your domain, you will work closely with key business and IT stakeholders to drive product delivery and operations, ensuring that all solutions are seamlessly integrated, aligned with business and technology objectives, and efficiently operated.

Your mission is to develop people, elevate engineering excellence, ensure end-to-end product quality, and build a sustainable, resilient and future-ready technology landscape.

Your key responsibilities

As an Engineering Manager you will:

Product & Technology Leadership

Align and coordinate the execution of the Business & Tech strategy within your product scope.

Ensure IT delivery, guaranteeing compliance with tech standards, expected quality levels, and adequate delivery velocity.

Lead operational excellence, maintaining service levels and cost-efficient operations across all products under your responsibility.

Propose and design solutions that strengthen reliability, scalability, resilience, and performance, incorporating modern engineering practices and technologies.

Define squad composition and organizational setup together with Business Leads.

Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, ensuring seamless integration and delivery.

Establish Engineering Agreements with the IT Management Team to ensure Time to Market, quality and adherence to the Definition of Done.

Design with a resilience-by-design mindset and proactively manage incidents to minimize downtime.

Drive continuous improvement and collaborate with cross-chapter technical communities.

Identify and address IT gaps, raising the level of maturity and quality of all assets.

People Development & Chapter Leadership

Lead a chapter of Software Engineers, fostering a safe, open, experimental and learning-oriented culture.

Ensure the professional development of each engineer, supporting their career path and technical growth.

Promote craftsmanship and high engineering standards, prioritizing quality over quantity.

Build motivated, skilled teams that share knowledge, lessons learned and best practices.

Budget, Stakeholder & Delivery Governance

Manage the assigned budget, maximizing its effectiveness.

Collaborate with Finance, vendors and other internal partners.

Be the right hand of your key stakeholders, ensuring alignment between business evolution and technological transformation.

Ensure adherence to global standards, CIO strategy and domain-level objectives.

Identify synergies with other Chapter Leads and Tribes to improve efficiency and harmonization.

End-to-End Ownership within your Subdomain

Together with the IT Area Lead:

Execute the CIO strategy within your scope.

Promote end-to-end product ownership, from design to run.

Focus on both change and run efficiency to maintain a healthy and sustainable tech landscape.

Guarantee service levels across all environments for your assets.

Lead the transformation agenda relevant to your subdomain.

What are we looking for?

Want to know if this job is made for you? These are some of the qualities that we value the most for this role. And if the shoe fits… don’t hesitate to apply!

Proven track record & technical skills

Essential

Engineering degree or similar technical background with 5–10+ years of experience.

Demonstrated leadership and proactivity — we expect a LEADER.

Strong architectural understanding and technical product/project leadership experience.

Excellent analytical, communication and people-management skills.

Ability to work autonomously with ownership, accountability and initiative.

Continuous improvement mindset and critical thinking.

Passion for collaboration and problem-solving in complex environments.

Can-do attitude and strong alignment with DevOps & Agile culture.

Nice to have

Previous leadership or managerial experience in an agile organization.

Comfortable escalating risks and issues when needed.

Get to know Us

We are a team of more than 1700 people sharing one idea: doing our bit in helping our clients create a better future for themselves, by providing them with the tools they need to get where they want to go.

A fully online bank where technology, innovation, simplicity and transparency are the main ingredients, and the first one to work with agile methodologies.

And although we are based in Spain, we are lucky to work in an international bank with presence in more than 40 countries.

We are proud to have a diverse team, and we are committed to continue developing a culture of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging to foster a culture of collaboration and innovation that represents all collectives in the society.

And even though we look orange on the outside, we are green on the inside. Our ambition in Sustainability is Empowering (y)our Sustainability journey. We are embarking on our path, for us, but we are also there for when our clients decide to embark on this journey.

Making things happen, helping others be successful, always being one step ahead—that’s our DNA. If you look at yourself in the mirror and your reflection matches our way of being and working…we are looking forward to meeting you!