Backend Engineer

At a glance

ABN AMRO’s Central Data Office stands at the forefront of data innovation, crafting and executing the bank’s data strategy to unlock value. The CDO brings together data governance, engineering, and management under a unified vision, championing the Federated Data Governance Model to ensure data quality, streamlined initiatives, compliance, and efficiency. By introducing strategic roles like Data Business Partners and revitalizing our approach to data, the CDO supports informed decision-making and a culture of excellence in the digital age.

In Data Management Engineering, the goal is to improve business operations and introduce new capabilities across the organisation. Engineers, data scientists, and analysts are responsible for democratising data via visualisation and governance web portals.

Using Azure's platform as a service, developers have delivered a cloud-based solution to visualise and manage ABN AMRO's data (The Data Marketplace). The backend is powered by NodeJS and Python, while the frontend provides a rich user interface using VueJS and Typescript. The solution integrates via REST web services with the DIAL data platform and supports finding and managing complex data quickly. The frontend team has used ABN AMRO Emerald components library and custom components to create a highly interactive experience.

Your job

We are looking for a Backend Engineer with experience on data topics. You will have room for experimenting, implementing your ideas, and be the author of business-critical data governance and visualization capabilities. You will have the opportunity to build innovative features to grow the business using Azure PaaS offerings. You will be part of our developer community across multiple teams consisting of a Product Owner, UX designer, backend, and frontend developers.

We encourage new ideas, and you will have the opportunity to share them in team meetings where we openly discuss them and share them in our internal SharePoint blogs, or in our public facing ABN AMRO Developer Blog.

Working environment

You work with developers in small Agile teams (5-9 persons) within a DevOps culture. The atmosphere is informal, and we are ok with making mistakes, provided everyone is open about it and learns from them. The teams are in constant collaboration with all bank’s departments, international branches, and subsidiaries.

Your profile

You know how to explain a problem and solutions, both in detail to a technical crowd and in a simplified way to non-technical people. You know how to organize your time efficiently, are calm and collected when a problem arises in production and are great at prioritizing your work. In addition, you have a proven track record in the following:

Backend/API Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure backend systems and RESTful APIs using Python (Django/FastAPI).
• Optimize API performance and ensure smooth integrations across services.

Real-Time Streaming Systems

• Develop and manage real-time data streaming pipelines using technologies like Kafka or Redis Streams.
• Ensure low latency and high throughput in distributed streaming environments.

Testing & Quality

• Implement automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests (Pytest/Unittest).
• Apply TDD practices to ensure reliability and maintainability.

Cloud & DevOps (Azure)

• Deploy and manage applications on Azure (App Services, Functions).
• Build CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Optimize cloud resources and support containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).

Collaboration & Code Practices

• Work closely with frontend, architecture, and product teams.
• Use Git for version control and participate in code reviews.

Required Skills

• Strong Python and API development experience.
• Knowledge of streaming systems and asynchronous programming.
• Experience with automated testing tools.
• Hands-on Azure and DevOps pipeline expertise.
• Understanding of SQL/NoSQL databases, API security (OAuth, JWT), and monitoring tools.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving, communication, teamwork, and adaptability.

Preferred

• At least 2 years of experience working with Python or related backend technologies.
• Azure/DevOps certifications, experience with large-scale distributed systems.