Senior IT Business Analyst - Core Banking AMS API (Core Banking API)

Location: Bucharest, Romania — Dacia One

Company

hirify.global Romania provides software development, data management, risk and compliance, audit, and retail operations services to ING units worldwide from Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca.

What you will do

• Analyze business requirements across banking areas and translate them into functional specifications and implementation options.
• Develop a global REST API product for standardized core banking interfaces used by upstream applications across multiple countries.
• Lead requirements, design, and business process workshops; refine the product backlog and align solutions with product owners, system owners, architects, developers, and end users.
• Design API solutions and reference schemas, document APIs with usage guidelines and best practices, and maintain documentation as the product evolves.
• Ensure product quality by addressing security, performance, availability, and scalability requirements and managing quality assurance activities.
• Create and execute automated functional, integration, user acceptance, production, and smoke tests while supporting agile delivery, training, and technical assistance.

Requirements

• 5–7 years of experience in the banking industry.
• Strong knowledge of banking business processes and products, REST APIs, API design, and API documentation best practices.
• Experience with API documentation tools such as Swagger.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, conceptual thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Experience managing global products with multiple clients and stakeholders in an international context.
• Fluent English is required.

Nice to have

• Experience with core banking technologies.
• Basic release management knowledge.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or GitLab.
• Knowledge of IT landscapes and software development lifecycles, preferably in an agile environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible way of working in a collaborative environment.
• Constructive feedback culture and opportunities to work on impactful banking solutions.
• International environment supporting global services and multiple ING units.