Solution Architect | IPA Pricing Engines & Post-processing

About the Position

Solution Architect | IPA Pricing Engines & Post-processing @ ING Hubs Romania

We are seeking a Solution Architect to join our team in Bucharest, Romania, focusing on IPA Pricing Engines & Post-processing. This role is integral to enhancing the design and implementation quality of our main pricing and valuation engines.

Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison between Domain Architects and DevOps teams.
• Understand business context, needs, rules, architecture, organizational structure, culture, capabilities, and processes.
• Document "as-is" and "to-be" processes and designs, outlining necessary changes for migration (e.g., roadmaps, migration plans).
• Organize and support DevOps and Quants team workshops and presentations to facilitate design and decision-making (e.g., Architecture Content Meetings, Architecture Review Meetings).
• Design and develop POC’s which are used to confirm assumptions and are easily transferable into MVP’s by the engineering teams.
• Coaching engineers on ING standards and working with them to validate new architectural decisions.
• Apply architecture patterns, including Request/Reply, Event-driven architecture (e.g., Kafka), Microservices, and Resilience patterns (e.g., retry strategies).
• Stay up to date with architecture trends, particularly in the low latency space, well-architected framework and cloud native applications.
• Identify and escalate instances of non-compliance with organizational policies, procedures, or regulatory requirements.
• Ensure alignment between code development and architecture/design guidelines, guiding developers and escalating compliance issues when necessary.

Requirements

• At least seven years of experience as an engineer or architect.
• Experience working in highly regulated environments (e.g., financial institutions).
• Understanding of Financial Markets, pricing, valuation, risk management and the role of pricing engines in front office and risk processes.
• Knowledge of Java and C++ are a must for this role as we are building the next-gen architecture for ING’s pricing engines.
• Experience in developing trading/e-trading applications and taking into consideration low-latency requirements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical topics to diverse audiences.
• Strong ability to build collaborative partnerships with organizational leaders.
• A continuous improvement mindset-constantly enhancing your skills while mentoring and training others.
• Previous experience in roles such as back-end or quantitative analysis engineer.
• In-depth knowledge of IT architecture methodologies (e.g., TOGAF), service management processes, and agile work environments.
• Archimate or other Architecture modelling language are considered a plus.

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a highly collaborative and flexible environment.
• Be part of a team that is guided by a shared desire to make the world a better place.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

About the Company

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals. We operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data and Analytics Tech, Tech Foundation and Channels, Retail Core Banking and Architecture, and Global Products and Technology Services.

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time.

Apply now to join our team and contribute to our mission of building the solutions of tomorrow, today.