Senior Data Platform Engineer

ING Hubs B.V. sp. z o.o. Oddział w Polsce; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 107,000 - 246,000; Full time

Job summary

ING Hubs Poland is seeking an experienced engineer to join the VISTA Fallback Platform team, focusing on resilient data platforms and disaster recovery for critical analytics workloads.

You will design, build, and operate solutions with Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Trino, and object storage technologies, while improving observability and platform resilience across ING’s data ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering.
• Hands-on with Spark, Python, SQL and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience building and operating modern data platforms and distributed processing environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ING’s Data Analytics Fallback Platform.
• Develop and operate solutions based on Spark, Airflow, Iceberg, Trino, and object storage.
• Implement replication, synchronization, and recovery mechanisms for critical datasets.
• Build and optimize analytical and batch-processing pipelines using modern cloud and data tech.
• Improve observability through monitoring, logging, and incident readiness.
• Ensure platform reliability, security, recoverability, and operational resilience.
• Collaborate with platform, infrastructure, security, and data engineering teams across ING.

Skills

Data Engineering

Platform Engineering

Reliability Engineering

Cloud Native

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

Keycloak

Ceph

Iceberg

Trino

Spark

Airflow

DBT

Python

SQL

Job description

ING Hubs Poland is hiring! The expected salary for: senior specialist position: 9600 - 22 000 PLN expert position: 13 000 - 28 000 PLN The financial ranges specified in the announcement are adjusted and may differ from the range specified in the remuneration regulations. We are looking for you, if you: have 4+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Site Reliability Engineering have hands-on experience in at least one of the following domains and practical knowledge of related technologies: Data Processing & Analytics: Apache Spark, DBT, Python, SQL, BigQuery, Trino Data Lake & Storage: Apache Iceberg, Hive Metastore, MinIO/S3-compatible Object Storage, Google Cloud Storage Platform & Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Keycloak, Ceph, Ingress / Networking Reliability & Operations: Monitoring, Logging, Alerting, Data Replication, Backup & Restore, Disaster Recovery have experience building, operating, or supporting modern data platforms and distributed data processing environments have practical experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and cloud-native technologies have experience with automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code practices

You’ll get extra points for experience with: Airflow-based orchestration platforms Keycloak, Ceph, or enterprise-scale platform services designing and operating large-scale data platforms disaster recovery, business continuity, or fallback solutions modern lakehouse architectures based on Apache Iceberg data replication and synchronization at scale migrating workloads between cloud and on-premise environments

Your responsibilities will relate to: designing, building, and maintaining ING’s Data Analytics Fallback Platform creating resilient data platform capabilities that support critical business workloads during disaster recovery and fallback scenarios developing and operating solutions based on Apache Spark, Apache Airflow, Apache Iceberg, Trino, and object storage technologies building and maintaining data processing, orchestration, storage, and metadata-management capabilities implementing replication, synchronization, reconciliation, and recovery mechanisms for critical datasets building and optimizing analytical and batch-processing pipelines using modern cloud and data technologies improving platform observability through monitoring, logging, alerting, and operational readiness practices ensuring platform reliability, security, recoverability, and operational resilience implementing backup, restore, disaster recovery, and business continuity capabilities collaborating with platform, infrastructure, security, and data engineering teams across ING contributing to architecture decisions, engineering standards, automation initiatives, and technical roadmaps participating in support, operational readiness, and on-call activities where required

Information about the squad: You will join a team building the VISTA (Data Analytics) Fallback Platform, a strategic initiative focused on ensuring operational resilience and business continuity for ING’s data and analytics ecosystem. The platform provides fallback capabilities for critical analytical and reporting workloads by leveraging modern lakehouse and data platform technologies. The solution is designed to enable rapid recovery and continued operation of key business processes during crisis scenarios. We value ownership, innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. You will have the opportunity to work on one of ING’s most strategic engineering initiatives and help shape the future of resilient data platforms. The role naming convention in the global ING job architecture will be “Engineer III” or “Engineer IV”. This position is intended to strengthen the team responsible for delivering and operating the VISTA Fallback solution, combining expertise in Data Engineering, Platform Engineering, and Reliability Engineering.

We’re a global bank with a strong European base, and our more than 60,000 colleagues serve around 38 million customers and corporate clients in over 40 countries. Joining ING means working with friendly and collaborative people towards making a positive impact on people and planet. We believe in empowering the people around us and our customers to stay a step ahead. Working here means having the autonomy to drive progress, helping to create superior customer value and contributing to our ambition of putting sustainability at the heart of everything we do. Here, we’re more than just a workplace – we’re a community of innovators, problem-solvers, and forward-thinkers, dedicated to making a real impact. Whether you’re just starting your career or seeking the next big challenge, we have opportunities that will inspire and push you to grow.