{Dev}School - Java Edition

ING Bank Romania is part of ING Group, a global international financial institution, which offers banking services to over 38.4 million individual customers, companies or institutions in over 40 countries.
Founded in 1994, ING Bank Romania is the fourth bank in the top 10 local banks, according to assets, and the only bank with organic growth, without acquisitions of customer portfolios or other banks. ING Bank Romania is a universal bank with over 1.7 million customers in three business segments: individuals (retail), SMEs and Mid-Corporate companies and Wholesale Banking.
ING's mission is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and in business.

{Dev}School is an intensive hands-on training program on your favorite technology, fully sponsored by ING. It was launched in the autumn of 2015 and now it reached the 17th edition.

About {Dev}School

{Dev}School is all about developing your programming skills in an intense and fun learning experience. During this edition, we will focus on the most used programming language, Java. This edition could be your starting point, where you will learn:

Design patterns, clean code, unit testing and the Agile way of working;
Basic notions about cryptography applied in Java (encryption / decryption - symmetric / asymmetric, hashing, etc.);
How to automate the creation of a deliverable (jar) and sending it to production;
Spring Framework notions: connecting to a database, creating a REST application, etc .;
If you successfully complete the training program, you could put your skills at work in our IT Team in ING Tech.



Here are the logistical details:

You will be part of a team of 10 students;
The learning experience will last 8 weeks, between March 23 - May 21, 2021;
The program is organized in 2 sessions / week (Tuesday and Thursday evenings).
Each session will last 3 hours and will take place online (you will need a computer (laptop/pc) with a webcam)

What we are looking for in our {Dev}School participants

We welcome any IT passionate who is:

A student in final study year or a recent graduate (2 years max, Bachelor or Master) of Computer Science/Cybernetics University;
A good team player and a logical thinker, who has a good eye for details;


…and who has

Knowledge of Object Oriented Programming (OOP);
Good understanding of algorithms and/or programming in any of the following languages: Java, C, C++, C#;
Basic knowledge on databases concepts;
Good command of English.

We are waiting for you to join us and to:
Learn Java and related concepts in a program entirely sponsored by ING.
Apply everything you have learned. Yes! At the end of the edition, following a selection process, the most talented candidates will have the opportunity to join the ING team in ING Tech.

What happens after graduating {Dev}School

These are the things that will count in deciding whether we work together after the programme in ING Tech Romania:

Your Progress – the trainer’s positive feedback on your online class interactions and attendance (audio & video)
Your Results - very good technical results during the training programme
Your Interest and Availability to work full-time/part-time (flexible work schedule).

Recruiting Process Timeline:

You can apply until the 3rd of March 2021
I your CV is selected, you will participate in an online testing phase (Java and OOP concepts, logical thinking) in the weekend of 5th – 7th of March
If you pass the testing phase, you will participate in an online interview scheduled by us, between 10th – 18th of March
The selected best 10 students will start their DevSchool adventure on the 23rd of March