Chapter Lead: Solution Architect & Engineering Coach

ING Wholesale Banking; Fatih; Hybrid; TRY 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome Leave and career growth

Health insurance for you and family

Flexible hybrid working model

Training budget and Udemy access

Job summary

ING Hubs Türkiye is seeking a Solution Architect Chapter Lead to shape technology strategy and lead a chapter of engineers. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure solutions and guide transformation programs across ING's global banking network.

You will balance solution architecture leadership with people leadership, mentoring engineers, and driving capability development while collaborating with Product Owners, Domain Architects, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, solution design, or architecture roles.
• Proven experience leading technical teams in complex environments.
• Experience as a Solution Architect, Lead Engineer, Technical Lead, or similar role.
• Strong stakeholder management experience across business and technology domains.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Experience working in Agile organizations.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related discipline.
• Fluent English communication skills (C1 level or above)

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end solution architectures across multiple systems and domains.
• Lead feasibility studies and solution assessments for new initiatives.
• Drive modernization and cloud transformation programs.
• Define integration strategies, architectural standards, and design patterns.
• Promote scalable, secure, and maintainable technology solutions.
• Support platform evolution and technology roadmap planning.
• Guide teams through architectural decision-making processes.
• Bridge business goals and technology execution.
• Grow and develop a chapter of engineers.
• Manage and coach a chapter of engineers (~8–12) and support career development.
• Conduct regular performance discussions and coaching.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, and team expansion activities.
• Foster engineering excellence and knowledge sharing across teams.
• Coach engineers on architecture, design patterns, and software craftsmanship
• Support succession planning and talent development initiatives
• Promote collaboration and knowledge sharing across teams

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical thinking

Agile

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering/Software Engineering or related

Tools

Java & J2EE

Spring Framework / Spring Boot

REST & SOAP

Kafka

Kubernetes

Azure Cloud

CI/CD

Docker

Oracle Database

Job description

ING Hubs Türkiye is seeking a Solution Architect Chapter Lead to shape technology strategy and lead a chapter of engineers. You will translate business needs into scalable, secure solutions and guide transformation programs across ING's global banking network.

You will balance solution architecture leadership with people leadership, mentoring engineers, and driving capability development while collaborating with Product Owners, Domain Architects, and business stakeholders.