The Job in short
As a Junior Frontend Engineer at Backbase, you'll be joining one of our teams of highly skilled front-end developers building components, frameworks, libraries and management consoles. With these tools, you will empower developers and their agile teams to fully utilise the potential of the Backbase Engagement Banking Platform. As a member of one of the core teams, your primary role will involve delivering world-class web experiences within the payments domain. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team with back-end and quality assurance engineers, and will be closely collaborating with a separate mobile squad. The code you will be working on is heavily used by our customers.
** We are restricted to hiring in our local market for this role. We can only accept applicant who are already living in the Netherlands with either Dutch Residency, EU Passport or a HSM Visa. **
Meet the job
As a Junior Frontend Engineer you'll be using Angular and TypeScript to create an intuitive, inspiring and UX-driven information portal.
We love clean, testable, and maintainable code that is cross-browser compatible. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team that is end-to-end responsible for analysis, design, implementation and delivery of production-ready software.
We like to keep work interesting and we encourage our developers to develop their personal strengths..
How about you
As a Frontend Engineer you are sharpening your Angular and Typescript skills. We use the most recent version of Angular. You have also worked with RxJS and you understand design patterns. Having experience with node and npm, and the Angular CLI would be an advantage. Additional Devops-skills like Docker & Kubernetes are also useful.
In addition we are looking for someone with:
● Experience with SASS and HTML;
● Knowledge, confidence, and efficiency in debugging issues;
● Ability to find and evaluate multiple solutions to a given problem and apply working fixes;
● In-depth knowledge of broader web application architecture topics, such as:
○ HTTP specs (common headers, response statuses, etc...);
○ JWT tokens;
○ Security topics (CORS, XSS, CSP);
● In-depth knowledge of REST;
● Knowing how to effectively set up a project based on TDD principles;
● Curious and flexible mindset;
You have a professional but pragmatic approach to your work: while striving to deliver the best solutions to our customers, you can work within the given constraints.
Your team knows when to work hard and when to relax with a beer, and is looking forward to doing both with you!
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.