The job in short
As a Backend Engineer, you will join the Business Process Orchestration (BPO) value stream within the R&D department. You will focus on creating innovative, efficient, and adaptive solutions that streamline operations, enhance compliance, and drive superior performance for financial institutions. Our AI-native Intelligent Customer Journey Orchestration platform facilitates intelligent decision-making and optimizes workflows, enabling financial institutions and their customers to thrive in a rapidly evolving financial landscape.
Meet the job
As part of the team, you will contribute to new and existing functionalities, proof of concepts, and technical improvements that will be implemented in the Digital Banking Platform. Your autonomous team is responsible for the entire software development life cycle for the digital banking product suite: from idea to release. You are expected to take ownership of what you build and proactively collaborate with architects, QA engineers and other team members to ensure implementation is done according to our technical vision and best practices. You will also engage in technical workshops, demonstrations, and technical documentation/training collateral. Our squads follow Scrum with two-week sprints, delivering product increment in monthly releases.
How about you?
- You live in Kraków or nearby area and you are willing to work in a hybrid way - 2 times per week from the office
- You have a solid background in software development, including design.
- You are able to communicate clearly and confidently across all levels to get buy-ins from technical stakeholders as well as from your team members.
- Experience in the banking domain or Fintech products will be considered an advantage.
- You have excellent communication skills in English, both spoken and written.
- You have experience with Java, Spring, Maven, CI, and CD.
- You have experience with microservices (Netflix OSS is a plus).
- You are knowledgeable about cloud and traditional application servers (WebSphere, JBoss, etc.).
- You have experience with relational databases.
- You have experience with non-functional requirements such as security, performance, scalability, etc.
- You have a solid understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns.
- You have experience with frontend development, ideally with the Angular framework, or you are willing to learn and participate in delivering frontend work;
- You are enthusiastic about becoming a full-stack engineer and are open to working on both backend and frontend tasks as needed.
What do we offer?
- A bonus on top of your base salary;
- Referral bonus;
- Time for self-development, training budget and a clear promotion path;
- Private healthcare (Luxmed), life insurance,
- Work-life balance, flexible working hours;
- Hardware (Mac) and all the needed equipment;
- Integration events (both online and offline).
Top Skills
What We Do
Backbase is a fast growing fintech software provider that empowers financial institutions to accelerate their digital transformation and effectively compete in a digital-first world. We are the creators of the Backbase Omni-Channel Banking Platform, a state-of-the-art digital banking software solution that unifies data and functionality from traditional core systems and new fintech players into a seamless digital customer experience. We give financials the speed and flexibility to create and manage seamless customer experiences across any device, and deliver measurable business results. We believe that superior digital experiences are essential to stay relevant, and our software enables financials to rapidly grow their digital business. More than 120 financials around the world have standardized on the Backbase omni-channel banking platform to streamline their digital sales and self-service operations across all digital touchpoints. Our customer base includes ABN AMRO, Bank ABC, Barclays, BPI, CheBanca!, Citizens Lightstream, Credit Suisse, Fidelity, HDFC, IDFC, KeyBank, Ila Bank, Me Bank, Navy Federal, PostFinance, RBC, RBS, Standard Bank, Societe Generale, Truist, U Bank and Westpac.
Industry analysts Celent, Gartner, Forrester and Ovum recognize Backbase as an industry leader in terms of omni-channel banking platform capabilities, and award the company high marks for its deep focus on customer experience management and unparalleled speed of implementation. Forrester named us a leader in the Forrester Wave for Omni-Channel Banking and Ovum nominates Backbase as the market leading provider of next-generation digital channel banking platforms.
Backbase was founded in 2003, is privately funded, with headquarters in Amsterdam (HQ Global) and Atlanta (HQ Americas) and regional operations in Boisse, Cardiff, Dubai, Kraków, Mexico City, New York, Toronto, Singapore, Sydney and Tokyo.