Backbase
Senior AI Applied Software Engineer
The Job in Short
As a Senior Applied AI Software Engineer, you design and deliver complex AI-enabled product capabilities with minimal guidance. This role transitions away from siloed frontend/backend titles toward a T-shaped, full-stack profile spanning UI, APIs, services, and data pipelines. You serve as a technical authority who mentors peers and raises the bar on AI-native engineering practices
What you'll do
- Meet the Job
- AI-Native Engineering: Lead the adoption of agentic tooling, LLM workflows, and AI automation within your team to accelerate the development lifecycle.
- End-to-End Ownership: Deliver major product features and subsystems across the full stack, ensuring they are production-ready and secure.
- Technical Authority: Act as the go-to resource for peers, reviewing designs and code critically while clarifying technical feasibility.
- Strategic Problem Solving: Lead the resolution of complex cross-system issues and plan major refactoring initiatives.
- Quality Excellence: Balance delivery speed with long-term maintainability,championing performance and accessibility standards.
Who you are
- How about you
- You have a solid background of at least 6+ years 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, Micro services, SpringBoot, 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.
You own what you ship
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Annual learning budget, global exposure, and work that moves you forward. Your growth and our mission go hand in hand.
17 offices. One mission.
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Hybrid model, no micromanagement, offices across the world. The mission is clear. Where you do your best work is up to you.