--- title: 'Senior AI Applied Software Engineer at Backbase' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-ai-applied-software-engineer-backbase-hyderabad-jxfa1cnve2gq' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-17' --- # Senior AI Applied Software Engineer at Backbase - **Company:** Backbase - **Location:** Hyderabad, India - **Posted:** 2026-04-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/workatbackbase/jobs/7570898 ## Job description 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. Meet the Job ● As a Senior AI Applied Software Engineer you are a technical cornerstone of your squad. You will design and deliver complex features with minimal guidance, ensuring that both the "engine" (Backend) and the "experience" (Frontend) are performant, secure, and scalable. ● Full SDLC Ownership: Lead the entire lifecycle of digital banking products—from initial idea and architectural design to release and maintenance. ● Architectural Excellence: Improve system architecture and design components that integrate smoothly across APIs and microservices. ● Technical Leadership: Act as a go-to resource for your team, mentoring junior engineers, conducting critical code reviews, and raising the bar for engineering standards. ● AI & Innovation: Contribute to the evolution of LLM-based voice assistants and real-time personalization engines using OpenAI and ML models. ● Security-First Mindset: Implement "Entitlements" and fraud prevention services with a focus on non-functional requirements like security, scalability, and resilience. ● Collaborative Culture: Work in a Pod based model, collaborating with Architects, Product Owners, and UX Designers to align technical solutions with business needs. How about you ● Experience: You have 5–7+ years of professional experience building complex, high-traffic products. ● Backend Mastery: Solid understanding of Java, Spring JPA/Hibernate, and Maven. Experience with Microservices (Netflix OSS is a plus) and Cloud technologies. ● Frontend Expertise: Strong skills in Angular and TypeScript. You are proficient with RxJS and modern build systems (Webpack, Jenkins). Experience with Vue.js is a plus. ● System Design: You have a solid grasp of Enterprise Integration Patterns and can design systems that handle complex data flows between services. ● The "Senior" Edge: You don't just solve tickets; you identify gaps in tooling, reduce technical debt, and optimize CI/CD pipelines to streamline delivery. ● Communication: Excellent English (spoken and written). You can confidently explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and get buy-in for your architectural decisions. ● Domain Knowledge: Previous experience in Fintech or Banking is highly considered an advantage. ## About Backbase ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Backbase builds the AI-native Banking OS that unifies digital channels, front office, and operations so banks can coordinate customers, employees, and AI agents from one platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (no public ticker; no funding rounds disclosed – appears organically grown) - **Headquarters**: Amsterdam, Netherlands - **Founded**: 2003 - **Founders**: Not publicly available (described as “founder-led” but names not stated on the provided sources) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Banking technology / financial services software - **Target customers**: B2B – large banking institutions (120+ banks globally, serving 75M+ daily users) - **Mission/purpose**: “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.” ## Products & Services - **AI-native Banking OS**: A unified platform that sits above legacy cores, CRMs, and data platforms. It orchestrates customer engagement (digital banking, conversational banking, front-office workspaces) and banking operations (high-volume processes like disputes, payments, lending). Designed to be deployed incrementally without rip-and-replace. Includes native AI agents for governance, automation, and auditability. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: 2,000+ employees globally, 50% of team in R&D, 120+ banks as customers, 75M+ active daily users across the platform - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly available - **Growth Signals**: Expanding globally with 16 offices across 5 continents; notable customer examples include I&M Bank (Africa) which grew onboarding from 2,000 to 21,000 new customers per month, and Techcombank (Vietnam) achieving 50% of savings and investments through digital. The company is actively hiring and describes itself as “in the middle of the biggest shift in banking’s history.” ## Competitive Advantages - **Unified Frontline architecture** – breaks down fragmentation between digital channels, front office, and operations, enabling banks to move fast without sacrificing compliance or security - **AI-native from the ground up** – not a bolt-on; full governance and audit trails for every AI decision - **Progressive modernization** – works with existing cores, no big-bang migration required - **18+ years of banking domain expertise** (since 2003) with a singular focus on banking since 2012 ## Strategic Focus - Deepening AI integration into banking workflows (Elastic Operations – scaling throughput without scaling headcount) - Expanding global footprint (17 offices, including recent additions in Hyderabad, Riyadh, Mexico City, and Toronto) - Continuing to shift banks from legacy fragmentation to a unified, composable operating system ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “ambition without ego,” “bias for action,” “you own what you ship,” and “the work is the standard.” Flat structure with no micromanagement. - **Work model**: Hybrid – “Where you do your best work is up to you.” Offices in 17 locations globally. - **Perks**: Annual learning budget, global exposure, wellness support, real ownership of projects from day one. - **Engineering focus**: 50% of the team in R&D; real AI running in production, not just pilots. ## Sources 1. [backbase.com/careers](https://www.backbase.com/careers) 2. [backbase.com/about](https://www.backbase.com/about) 3. [backbase.com](https://www.backbase.com/) 4. 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