Senior AI Applied Engineer (Backend)

Backbase Inc.; Kraków; On-site; PLN 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Annual learning budget

Global exposure

Job summary

Backbase Inc. in Krakow seeks a Senior Backend Engineer to strengthen our team within the Business Banking value stream. You will own features for the digital banking platform, focusing on entitlements, permissions, and secure, scalable services.

You’ll collaborate with architects, QA, and cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software. The role embraces a hybrid work model and offers growth within a global fintech environment.

Qualifications

• Solid background in software development including design.
• Clear communication with stakeholders and team members.
• Experience in banking/Fintech is a plus.
• Excellent English communication, spoken and written.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Maven, CI/CD.
• Experience with relational databases and Spring JPA / Hibernate.
• Experience with microservices, Cloud and Tomcat.
• Understanding of security, performance and scalability concepts.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to new and existing functionalities and technical improvements.
• Own the end-to-end software lifecycle for the digital banking product suite.
• Collaborate with architects, QA engineers and other team members.
• Work within a Spotify-inspired organization with value streams and tribes.

Skills

Java

Maven

CI/CD

Relational databases

Spring JPA

Hibernate

Microservices

Cloud

Apache Tomcat

Security

Performance

Enterprise Integration Patterns

English communication

Tools

Netflix OSS

Apache Tomcat

Job description

At our new Business Development Center in Krakow - the heart of Backbase Poland - the best traits of our global and diverse culture come together. Here, our international R&D and Customer Success departments continuously work together to share ideas, remove barriers and strengthen our path forward. As craftspeople, we’ve built an internal culture that’s designed to help you succeed. Together with some of the greatest minds in the business, you’ll have the freedom to experiment and further develop your ideas - becoming an essential part of our business and truly making a difference. Hurry up and find us in the High5ive building in the business center of Krakow, before we make the move to a bigger location due to rapid growth!

Backbase is on a mission to help banks re-architect around the customer and embrace the era of Engagement Banking.

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to strengthen our team. As a Backend Engineer you will join a Product team in our Business Banking value stream within the R&D department and you will focus on creating a solution that allows banks to seamlessly service customers and employees by crafting memorable and engaging banking experiences. By joining Business Banking Tribe in Poland you will have the opportunity to work on Entitlements which provide a set of web journeys designed to control user access and limit what financial institution employees and customers can do with the resources they have access to. Positive Pay, a fraud prevention service enables bank customers to set multiple ACH rules for their accounts and forbid transactions that do not comply with the defined rules. And many more capabilities designed and built in Krakow.

What you'll do

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.

R&D way of working is inspired by the Spotify Model. We are organized in Value Streams (e.g. Business Banking), Tribes, Guilds and Chapters where engineers can exchange knowledge and share new ideas. Business Banking squads follow Scrum with two-week sprints, delivering product increment in monthly releases.

We offer a hybrid working model which is a location-flexible arrangement that allows people to combine on-site and off-site work.

Who you are

• 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, spoken and written;
• You have a solid understanding of Java, Maven, CI and CD;
• You have experience with relational databases and Spring JPA / Hibernate;
• You have experience with microservices (Netflix OSS is a plus); Cloud and Apache Tomcat;
• You have experience with non-functionals such as security, performance, scalability etc.;
• You have a solid understanding of Enterprise Integration Patterns.Why Backbase?At Backbase, you’ll work in an environment that values innovation over bureaucracy. You will have the opportunity to own the AI lifecycle from ideation to global deployment, impacting millions of banking customers worldwide.

Real ownership means real responsibility. From day one, you set the pace, make the decisions, and see your work land where it matters. You drive the outcomes, you celebrate the wins.

The work is the standard

We built something that didn't exist before - an AI-native Banking OS where humans and AI agents work side by side, at scale, inside real banks. We raise the bar because we've seen what's possible when you don't settle.

Ambition without ego

You'll work with people who've shipped things most thought couldn't be done. Direct, down-to-earth, no egos. The kind of team where the best idea wins and everyone's genuinely glad when it does.

Real AI, running in real banks

We're not waiting for AI to be ready. It already is - running inside banks, serving customers, solving problems that matter, out in the real world today.

Grow while you build

Annual learning budget, global exposure, and work that moves you forward. Your growth and our mission go hand in hand.

17 offices. One mission.

Hybrid model, no micromanagement, offices across the world. The mission is clear. Where you do your best work is up to you.

Wellness that goes the distance

Real support built for the long game. We invest in the people who build the product, not just the product.