Senior Backend Engineer

Backbase; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Backbase in Kraków is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Business Banking tribe. You’ll contribute to the Digital Banking Platform, own features from idea to release, and collaborate with architects, QA engineers and teammates to align with our technical vision.

You should have solid Java experience, Spring and microservices, and be comfortable with CI/CD, relational databases and cloud deployments. English communication is essential, and banking/FinTech experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Solid background in software development including design.
• Clear and confident communication across all levels with stakeholders.
• Experience in banking or Fintech is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of Java, Spring, and data-base technologies.
• Proficient with microservices, Cloud and Tomcat; Enterprise Integration Patterns.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to new and existing functionalities for the Digital Banking Platform.
• Own features from idea to release and ensure quality through the SDLC.
• Collaborate with architects, QA engineers and team members to align with technical vision.

Skills

Java

Spring

CI/CD

Microservices

Cloud

Tomcat

Relational DBs

English communication

Tools

Netflix OSS

Job description

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.

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.

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.

How about you

• 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.