The job in short
We are looking for a qualified Technical Manager to oversee and own a portfolio of customer accounts.
As part of the One Support Team you will work with the VP of Technology and Sr Technical Director on multiple accounts to ensure that customers are successful in their digital transformation journey.
You are the key technical contact and advisor to our customers throughout their journey of post implementing the Backbase platform.
As a Technical Manager, you should be a tech-savvy professional, able to explain technical details and requirements to a non-technical audience. You can hold your own in a technical discussion with developers as much as you can in a boardroom with a CIO.
You should be able to provide technical, product, and business knowledge to ensure successful post implementation support of the Backbase platform and build lasting customer relationships.
Meet the job
- Use your technical troubleshooting expertise to define and drive our clients’ overall technical strategy;
- Address all product-related queries on time with your product expertise and engaging different stakeholders within the Backbase organization;
- Build strong relationships with key stakeholders. You will be working closely with lead architects and C-level executives in our customers;
- Become an internal advocate of the client and bring the voice of the customer into the rest of the Backbase organization;
- You identify opportunities for the customer to have better product adoption, provide guidance on best practices for custom components, and help the client align their requirements with our R&D roadmap;
- Work with our R&D organization to provide customers' feedback and help identify potential new features or products (both on the functional and technical levels);
- Analyze customers’ needs and suggest upgrades or additional features to meet their requirements;
- Collaborate closely with the Product Engineering, and Project Implementation teams at Backbase to ensure successful implementations of the Backbase product.
How about you
- Overall experience of 10+ years and 5 years of Technical Troubleshooting leadership experience with solid technical background;
- You have excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, particularly in conveying technical concepts in a way that is easy for an audience of various technical skills to understand;
- You have a solid technical background with hands-on experience building and designing banking software. Experience with digital transformation projects in financial institutions are a plus;
- You have experience with most of our technology stack: Java, Spring, Maven, Gradle, Angular, Kotlin, Cloud Deployments, Docker, Kubernetes and Swift. Having a cloud certification (e.g. AWS Certified Solutions Architect) is a plus;
- You have a strong view on technical architectures and are able to collaborate with product engineering teams to provide solutions to the customers;
- You are an advocate for Agile methodologies and are able to explain its pros and cons to steer stakeholders in the right direction;
- You hold a BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field;
- You are fluent in English and Spanish.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of overall professional experience
- 5 years of technical troubleshooting leadership experience
- Solid technical background with hands-on experience building and designing banking software
- Experience with Java, Spring, Maven, Gradle, Angular, Kotlin, cloud deployments, Docker, Kubernetes, and Swift
- Strong understanding of technical architectures
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Experience explaining technical concepts to audiences with varying technical skills
- Ability to collaborate with product engineering teams to provide customer solutions
- Advocacy for Agile methodologies and ability to explain their advantages and disadvantages
- BSc or MSc degree in Computer Science or a relevant field
- Fluency in English and Spanish
- Experience with digital transformation projects in financial institutions
- Cloud certification, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Backbase Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Backbase and has not been reviewed or approved by Backbase.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair in certain U.S. roles, with strong offers in senior engineering, solutions architecture, and sales tracks in higher‑paying markets. In some U.S. contexts, compensation is described as fair for the job.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous in the U.S., with separate sick time and paid holidays contributing to a supportive time‑off setup.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Hybrid/remote work programs, office perks like snacks, and learning‑budget messaging provide lifestyle flexibility and support beyond baseline coverage.
Backbase Insights
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.
