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title: 'Senior Android Engineer at Backbase'
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# Senior Android Engineer at Backbase

- **Company:** Backbase
- **Location:** Hyderabad, India
- **Posted:** 2026-10-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/workatbackbase/jobs/8222482

## Job description

We need your mobile development skills to push our projects and our teams to the next level. You will become part of a continuously transforming environment that influences the banking experience of millions of users around the world.

We are looking for pioneers to help us establish and scale up our new hub in Hi Chi Minh City.

You will be an integral part of creating the direction for the Android team in Hi Chi Minh. Through your high level understanding of Backbase projects and Android capabilities, you will build a converging path that prepares other developers for their projects. You will be the technical lead for our Android efforts, the source of truth when it comes to implementation.

Your goal is to seamlessly integrate the Backbase platform into our customers’ systems and then build on top of that, making a final solution perfectly tailored towards customer needs. During projects, you take on the expert role for anything related to Android. Not one implementation is the same as another. You build apps mainly using native technology.

You will build beautiful code, run tests, and coach a team of developers on the client side. The job includes a full range of responsibilities, from feature development and innovation to maintenance, upgrades and on-call support. You will provide support by providing solicited and unsolicited advice, mentoring, audits and training on the job. With your confidence and skills, you meet and exceed customer desires. You leave behind an impeccable impression and you will bring home components that can be reused or further developed.

● You developed at least three apps, of which at least one is available via Google Play; ● You are excellent in reading code in order to be able to analyze quickly; ● You are a mentor and enjoy helping other developers grow ; ● We won’t have to tell you anything about mobile development for Android - you will teach us your best practices; ● Kotlin holds no secrets for you, with Java still in your memory; ● Backbase is rapidly expanding, and you will deliver speedy and cost-efficient solutions; ● When we mention a ‘getting things done’ mentality, you immediately recognise yourself; ● You may be a born presenter, but if you’re not, you are at least eager to learn how to deliver an outstanding presentation; ● You like to share your knowledge and are able to clearly explain to others while giving training and running workshops.

## 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. [linkedin.com/company/backbase](https://www.linkedin.com/company/backbase)

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