The Job in short
At Backbase we build AI-powered, secure, enterprise-grade digital banking software used daily by millions of people worldwide. With seamless integration, unified data, agentic AI, and a complete banking suite built for every line of business, you’re building the next generation of banking.
As a Principal Android Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the AI-native engineering of our product across the software development lifecycle, following and improving our way of working, enforcing and refining our best practices. At all times you will lead the team in ensuring our practices are not only best practice and efficient but continually evolving and improving to use AI practices.
Meet the job
You will help design, build and maintain one or more capabilities for the Backbase Mobile Platform.
You will be part of a multidisciplinary squad that is responsible for delivering an end-to-end solution, from initial concept to fruition in one of our production-ready applications. You will be tasked with addressing complex business requirements and with translating them into technical designs and implementations. You will be expected to deliver high-quality, well-engineered software that is performant, clean and is easy to maintain.
As a squad member, you will contribute to all aspects of product development, starting from gathering feedback & requirements and implementing actual functionality, to writing tests, documentation and providing product adoption support to colleagues, customers and partners..
As a Principal Android Engineer, you will lead, mentor and coach your colleagues, and help guide their professional growth.
You will be responsible for upholding our engineering standards across the product, proactively proposing and leading initiatives within your squad to improve engineering excellence.
Showing an AI-Native mindset you will proactively explore, experiment with, and apply AI tools and agentic frameworks (e.g. code generation, test automation, dev productivity). Encourage AI adoption across engineering workflows and product capabilities.
How about you
- You have 8+ years of relevant working experience working on complex Android-based products;
- Banking domain experience is a welcome bonus
- You have strong communication and leadership skills
- You are a result-oriented engineer who is familiar with Agile software development practices and methodologies;
- You are accustomed to translating high-level business requirements into technical designs and coach your peers to do the same;
- You have a strong engineering culture and you thrive in a complex domain;
- Security and other non-functionals don't scare you and you have what it takes to uphold our high standards;
- You have a knowledge of AI practices and can show ideas for innovative uses of AI
- You have technical experience with architecture patterns like MVVM, VIPER or MVP;
- You know all aspects of the SDLC and have experience working in a CI/CD fashion.
- You are familiar with Bitrise and GitHub actions
- We won’t have to tell you anything about mobile development for Android – you will teach us your best practices;
- Java and Kotlin hold no secrets for you;
- You understand the value of proper documentation, automation and other aspects of a modern software development lifecycle;
- Backbase is rapidly expanding, and you will deliver speedy and cost-efficient solutions
We're known for our great work environment and providing opportunities for career growth. We’re also committed to fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth. As a member of our team, you'll have the chance to work with some of the brightest and most talented people in the industry, as well as help shape the future of digital banking. Come join us and be part of something special.
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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.
