Chapter Lead Backend Engineer: Java/Kotlin, Azure

ING Hubs Philippines; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

ING Philippines is seeking a Chapter Lead Engineer to lead a back-end team of 5–10 engineers, delivering secure, scalable digital banking solutions and shaping architecture.

You will coach, drive performance, and collaborate with Product Owners and global stakeholders, balancing hands-on delivery with people leadership in an Agile, cloud-native environment. This role offers visibility across regions and opportunities to influence engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of people leadership within software engineering.
• Experience in Agile environments and stakeholder management.
• Enterprise-scale technology delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers.
• Drive performance, career growth, and talent development.
• Support hiring and build a strong engineering talent pipeline.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver critical technology solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Champion DevOps practices and automation.
• Promote Agile ways of working and continuous improvement.
• Balance leadership with hands-on technical involvement.

Skills

Java 11+

Kotlin

Spring Framework

Spring Boot

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Azure

CI/CD

DevOps

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Maven

Git

Job description

ING Philippines is seeking a Chapter Lead Engineer to lead a back-end team of 5–10 engineers, delivering secure, scalable digital banking solutions and shaping architecture.

You will coach, drive performance, and collaborate with Product Owners and global stakeholders, balancing hands-on delivery with people leadership in an Agile, cloud-native environment. This role offers visibility across regions and opportunities to influence engineering standards.