ING Hubs Philippines
International Talent Program: IT Tech Trainee (Rolling Intake)
Makati, Taguig City, Makati, Taguig
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Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- Unpaid
- Excellent base salary for this traineeship (starters position), paid annual leave, training package.
- 1-10 vacancies
- Apply by 24 Aug 2024
- Start date Ongoing
The world of banking is changing faster than ever, enjoy the best international experience in our IT traineeship. During our two-year programme, you create your own career within Information Technology. You learn more about the discipline IT and about the complex IT environment within ING. Our International Talent Program also allows you to discover yourself through a wide selection of trainings tailored to your needs.
As an IT trainee you can choose from a number of important IT projects, within which you will make a significant contribution. Now more than ever, IT is the beating heart of ING. Terms such as artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, cloud, continuous delivery, API and full stack and have become part of the bank’s standard vocabulary with good reason. We have 6.6 million customers who make use of online banking, and our mobile app is among the top ten most popular apps. All departments within our organization, such as the dealing room, work with state-of-the-art software which we develop in-house.
Your rotations
ING takes a customer-centric approach and IT plays a crucial role in that, which is why we are looking for trainees with a real passion for IT. Based on your own interests, you can indicate your preferences for your first rotation so that your early career talent manager can find a suitable starting role for you. You could set to work as DevOps Engineer, IT Security Engineer, Architect, Java Developer or in the area of Cyber security, for example. These are all projects at the cutting edge of IT and business, with an emphasis on IT. Many of our trainees choose to spend one rotation abroad working on an international project, such as in Bucharest, Manila or Katowice. This international adventure is not only great fun but is also good for your personal and professional development.
After your first 18 months, having gained a wealth of experience, you set to work in a more permanent position where you’ll further enhance your knowledge. Your personal preferences and interests form an important starting point for the roles you fulfill.
Needless to say, we offer you an excellent base salary for this traineeship (starters position), paid annual leave, an impressive training package and a permanent contract. But above all we offer you the chance to shape your own ideas about banking in a receptive environment and hence to make banking even simpler and more transparent for our customers. Together with other (international) trainees you will participate in global events, which will enable you to quickly build up a large network.
As a trainee you receive guidance from your line manager and your Early career talent manager (trainee manager). If you are looking for additional guidance you can ask a Senior Manager to mentor you. They will coach you, inspire you, introduce you to their network and share their knowledge and insights with you.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Philippine Citizen
- IT & Computer Science
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
My role as a graduate engineer gives me a wide range of things to do in my day-to-day. I have tasks for delivery where I am able to use my coding skills and critical thinking, and I can also choose to do initiative work where I can hone leadership, and creative thinking. My day-to-day varies, there are days that I only do delivery work or initiative work, and some days I can do a little bit of both. I also find it important to note that despite having a wide range of things to do on the daily, I do not work beyond office hours. I just find being able to choose to do different things more stimulating and fitting for my work ethic.
Since I'm a fresh graduate, I don't know much about Pega. As days and months passes, I learn more and apply some logic which I can use during my college days. I manage to finish my task or story in most of the time.
My day-to-day responsibilities are manageable. The people that I work with ensure that I can handle and manage all the tasks that they have assigned to me.
About the employer
ING Hubs Philippines
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Banking & Financial Services
ING Hubs Philippines started in 2013. Their culture has always been built about empowering our employees in both life and work.
Pros and cons of working at ING Hubs Philippines
Pros
The best thing about working in my company is how we are given abundant opportunities to build individually and as a team in the specific department you are in. The liberty to just "do your thing"
I believe the best thing about working in ING HUBS PH is the opportunities for career growth. They offer a learning platform for us to utilize for upskilling and skill enhancement. Additionally, the management actively listens to their employees regarding their career aspirations. Furthermore, the company also offers extracurricular activities to promote work-life balance for their employees. Lastly, the company has a great working environment with positive values.
The work-life balance is great. People respect your time and you are able to rest whenever you need to. With such a great work environment, we are able to meet our targets while not sacrificing our personal time.
The training is the best thing for me both the instructor-led training and the self-paced training really gave me a lot of knowledge about my field even though I'm a fresh graduate. I have learned so much in the training and it had led me to passing my certification. Another thing would be the culture of the company, since I feel like everyone listens to each other and everyone is helping each other to succeed their goals.
Well-planned program that enables us to accelerate growth. Plenty of opportunities that allows us to work not just with nearby colleagues but also those from other locations of ING. We also had talks with senior management where they shared their experiences and answered our questions.
Cons
The worst thing about working in ING I would consider would be the traffic considering the manila rush hour, but the location negates this considering the public transportation available.
With my role, the major limitation can be the high responsibility of delivering a working application that is crucial to millions of users, which can be quite daunting and stressful. Additionally, the need for continuous growth and professional development to keep up with current technology advancements is demanding. Thus, there’s a need to stay a step ahead.
There are times when requests for installing software required for certain tasks take too much time. While this is understandable from a security and IT risk perspective, it may consume time that can be used for productive work.
The department I work with has a tendency to develop siloed, specialized knowledge, which is not great if you are leaning into leadership positions. Workload can be intense.
It's a personal thing, but as a fresh graduate I would've wanted to experience more in office interactions with my colleagues. We have a hybrid setup where we're only required to go four times in a month, and I think a lot of communication skills, and relationships that I could've learned and gained in this new work from home era may have been lost.