Digital Assets Backend Engineer - ing

OpenTalent; Fatih; Hybrid; TRY 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Remote flexibility

Job summary

ING Türkiye is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to help build scalable, secure distributed systems for digital asset and infrastructure capabilities. You will design backend services, APIs, and event-driven components, with cloud-native platforms to support blockchain initiatives.

The role emphasizes strong software engineering, resilience, and performance, with a hybrid work model. Collaboration spans multiple ING locations and teams, applying modern CI/CD and containerization practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, solution design, or architecture roles.
• Strong stakeholder management across business and technology domains.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent English communication (C1 level or above).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and APIs.
• Build event-driven applications and cloud-native platforms.
• Collaborate with global teams to deliver reliable, secure distributed systems.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Education

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

Tools

Kafka

RabbitMQ

SQL

NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to help build the next generation of digital asset, tokenization, and distributed financial infrastructure capabilities within ING.

You will design and develop scalable backend services, APIs, integration layers, event-driven applications, and cloud-native platforms that support emerging digital asset and distributed ledger initiatives.

While prior blockchain experience is welcome, it is not required. We are primarily looking for strong software engineers who are passionate about building resilient, secure, and high-performing distributed systems and are interested in expanding into the blockchain and digital assets domain.

Work Model

At ING Hubs Türkiye, flexibility is more than a benefit—it's part of how we work.

Our hybrid way of working is designed to balance collaboration, innovation, and personal flexibility. Team members typically come together at our Vadistanbul office for two days per week during three weeks of the month, while one week each month is fully remote.

We also provide additional flexibility throughout August with remote working opportunities, allowing colleagues to remain productive while staying connected with their teams.

As part of a globally distributed organization, you'll collaborate with colleagues across multiple ING locations and contribute to solutions used across the bank.

About the Team

You will join an international technology organization where ownership, knowledge sharing, collaboration, and engineering excellence are at the heart of everything we do.

Our teams design and deliver critical technology platforms that support ING's digital transformation journey. We believe scalable architectures, strong engineering practices, automation, and continuous learning are essential for delivering reliable solutions at scale.

About You

Minimum Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, solution design, or architecture roles
• 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 a related discipline
• Fluent English communication skills (C1 level or above)

Technical Skills

Strong experience in:

• Java (preferred)
• Kotlin
• Spring Boot
• REST APIs
• Microservices Architecture

Experience with:

• Event-driven architectures
• Kafka
• RabbitMQ or similar messaging technologies
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Containerization (Docker)
• Kubernetes
• CI/CD pipelines
• Git-based development workflows

Good understanding of:

• Distributed systems