The Job in short At Backbase we build AI-powered, secure, enterprise-grade digital banking software used daily by millions of people worldwide. With seamless integration, unified data, agentic AI, and a complete banking suite built for every line of business, you’re building the next generation of banking. As a Principal Android Engineer, you will be responsible for leading the AI-native engineering of our product across the software development lifecycle, following and improving our way of working, enforcing and refining our best practices. At all times you will lead the team in ensuring our practices are not only best practice and efficient but continually evolving and improving to use AI practices. Meet the job You will help design, build and maintain one or more capabilities for the Backbase Mobile Platform. You will be part of a multidisciplinary squad that is responsible for delivering an end-to-end solution, from initial concept to fruition in one of our production-ready applications. You will be tasked with addressing complex business requirements and with translating them into technical designs and implementations. You will be expected to deliver high-quality, well-engineered software that is performant, clean and is easy to maintain. As a squad member, you will contribute to all aspects of product development, starting from gathering feedback & requirements and implementing actual functionality, to writing tests, documentation and providing product adoption support to colleagues, customers and partners As a Principal Android Engineer, you will lead, mentor and coach your colleagues, and help guide their professional growth. You will be responsible for upholding our engineering standards across the product, proactively proposing and leading initiatives within your squad to improve engineering excellence. Showing an AI-Native mindset you will proactively explore, experiment with, and apply AI tools and agentic frameworks (e.g. code generation, test automation, dev productivity). Encourage AI adoption across engineering workflows and product capabilities. How about you You have 8 years of relevant working experience working on complex Android-based products; Banking domain experience is a welcome bonus You have strong communication and leadership skills You are a result-oriented engineer who is familiar with Agile software development practices and methodologies; You are accustomed to translating high-level business requirements into technical designs and coach your peers to do the same; You have a strong engineering culture and you thrive in a complex domain; Security and other non-functionals don't scare you and you have what it takes to uphold our high standards; You have a knowledge of AI practices and can show ideas for innovative uses of AI You have technical experience with architecture patterns like MVVM, VIPER or MVP; You know all aspects of the SDLC and have experience working in a CI/CD fashion. You are familiar with Bitrise and GitHub actions We won’t have to tell you anything about mobile development for Android – you will teach us your best practices; Java and Kotlin hold no secrets for you; You understand the value of proper documentation, automation and other aspects of a modern software development lifecycle; Backbase is rapidly expanding, and you will deliver speedy and cost-efficient solutions 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.