Backend Engineer

The job in short

We are looking for an experienced backend engineer to strengthen our team. As a backend engineer you will join the Backend Foundation team in the Developer Enablement value stream within the R&D department. To develop software, creating clean and maintainable code which helps with building and expanding our product. Your tailor-made code seamlessly integrates our products with customers’ systems. You ensure our solutions are tested, accessible, extensible, maintainable, secure and perform well. The devil is in the detail and nothing escapes your sight. In this role, you work in an empowered team of highly skilled software developers. You are encouraged to introduce your own ideas and challenge others.

Meet the job

You seamlessly integrate the Backbase platform into our customers’ systems, while focusing on the back-end part of the implementation.

You provide solid technical solutions to complex issues whilst helping us deliver the best customer experience and reinforce company reputation. Your core responsibility is to respond to reported issues as vigorously as possible and solve complex problems.

You use your understanding of programming languages and tools to analyse current codes and industry developments, formulate efficient processes, solve problems and create a seamless experience for millions of users across the globe.

You coach a team of developers on the client and partner side and provide training to those who work with the platform. You thrive working with colleagues from multiple cultures.

Backbase provides a modern software solution developed in microservices architecture, ensuring financial institutions can build on the top of cutting-edge technology. As such, many modern principles have been adopted such as continuous integration and delivery. We have also adopted Agile practices that contribute to rapid delivery, with decisions being driven out of the team with autonomy rather than top down.

The underlying technology runs on the best of breed technology available today such as Spring Boot, Netflix OSS, coupled with our own in-house libraries to ensure consistent delivery to a highly regulated banking market. Our technology drives solutions in a variety of ways for customers, from cloud native, globally scaled deployments to on-premise managed application servers, demanding smart thinking and innovative solutions from our people.

How about you?

● You have at least 3 years of experience as a Java Backend Developer;

● Your background speaks for itself; you have solid experience working in enterprise projects;

● Experience in the banking domain or Fintech products will be considered an advantage;

● You have excellent communication skills in English, spoken and written;

● We are looking forward to learning about your additional skills, like Spring Boot, Hibernate, Rest APIs, Microservices, containerization, CI/CD, design patterns and automated tests.

Join our team at Backbase, one of the LinkedIn Top Companies of 2023 in the Netherlands! 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.