Solutions Architect (Java)

ING Hubs Philippines; Manila; On-site; PHP 781,200 - 1,116,000; Full time

Job summary

ING Hubs Philippines is seeking an IT Integrator who will facilitate collaboration between IT and business stakeholders. The role involves interpreting business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring the delivery of robust and scalable solutions. Candidates should have over 4 years of experience in software development, with a good grasp of Agile methodologies, backend and frontend technologies, as well as strong problem-solving and communication skills. Join our team to make impactful contributions in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software development projects, preferably in Agile methodology.
• Experience in designing backend solutions and developing container-based backend applications.
• Familiarity with Java + Spring Boot is a plus.
• Experience in frontend development technologies: Android (Kotlin), iOS (Swift), Web (Lit, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte).
• Excellent knowledge of existing IT architecture and technical flows.

Responsibilities

• Interpret business rules and technical specifications for system interactions.
• Collaborate in shaping activities and feasibility analyses for new initiatives.
• Perform detailed technical analysis and design.
• Provide code review and constructive feedback.
• Optimize application performance for scalability.

Skills

Problem solving skills

Analytic skills

Team player mindset

Good communication skills in English

Job description

Job Overview

As an IT Integrator, you will be a key player in the cooperation between IT and Business stakeholders. You drive to make complex changes happen within and across Tribes. Your holistic view as well as your knowledge of both Business and IT are crucial in translating business requirements into business value. You align between squads – from the same or different Tribe(s) – and other parts of the organization and manage dependencies.

Key Responsibilities

• Interpretation of business rules and functional and non-functional requirements to define technical specifications based on an architectural design provided in terms of interaction among systems, data exchange, transformations following a specific design methodology
• Participates and cooperates in shaping activities, participates in feasibility analyses for new or upgraded initiatives (Epic and User Story) assessing the impacts for IT as well as participating and supporting developers in the development phase
• Performs detailed, functional and technical analysis/design
• Test support and problem determination
• Collaborates in defining new suppliers and contractual requirements
• Breaks down requirements and technical solution into appropriate section (User Story) examining costs, benefits and risks of various options before selecting an approach; explanation/justification of decisions in a logical and systematic manner
• Conducts code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Optimizes application performance for maximum speed and scalability.

Key Capabilities/Experience

• 4+ years of experience in software development projects preferably in Agile methodology
• Experience in designing backend solutions and developing container based backend applications
• Java + Spring Boot is not required, but nice to have
• Experience in any of the following Frontend development technologies:
  • Android – Kotlin
  • iOS – Swift
  • Web - Lit, React, Vue, Angular, Svelte
• Experience in the same role in a complex environment with 24/7 service availability
• Excellent knowledge of the existing IT architecture (for the relevant domain) and technical flows

Minimum Qualifications

• Problem solving skills to find creative ways of driving progress and removing impediments
• Analytic skills for creating end-to-end solutions
• A team player mindset, with a 'make it happen' mentality, eager to learn and the ability to coach others
• Good communication skills in English, strong communication and presentation skills (telling – selling) across different skill and seniority levels
• Main areas of knowledge:
  • Microservices architecture and domain design model
  • Advanced experience in REST & SOAP application consuming
  • Technology landscape (application level) of the relevant domain
  • DBMS and SQL (e.g., Oracle, PL/ SQL)
  • JUnit testing, test driven development and Spring integration testing
  • UML standards
  • Agile paradigm
  • Scrum