Senior Frontend Engineer

BACKBASE

Backbase is growing! Therefore we are looking for new colleagues.

We are looking for Senior Frontend Eningeers to support our current Professional Services team.

As a Senior Frontend Eningeers with Backbase in Amsterdam you will be working with a leading and innovative web 2.0 company which specializes in Customer Experience 2.0 software and services  based on RIA and Ajax technology.

Backbase works for companies like ABN AMRO, KPN, ING, Philips, Visa, AIG, EMC, Vanguard and IBM. Because of the growing number of projects with our customers the need for Senior Frontend Eningeers is eminent. Therefore Backbase is looking for experienced Senior Frontend Eningeers for the Professional Services department in Amsterdam.

Professional Services (PS) Team

The PS department of Backbase in Amsterdam consists of 2 teams:

·         UX Design Team

·         UX Engineering Team

The goal

Working as a Sr. Front-end engineer you will collaborate with strategic clients in the design, development and evolution of mission critical web applications. Our Sr. FE Engineers do a wide variety of work including Ajax training and best practices consulting, design, application development, and performance tuning.

Your Profile

The ideal candidate for this challenging position as a Sr. Pre Sales Engineer with Backbase will fit the following profile:

·         Minimum of 2-5 years experience as a Frond-end Engineer.

·         An expert on the required skills; HMTL, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, DOM, XML, XSLT, XPath, and Java.

·         Possesses good software architecture skills.

·         Experience with systems and component integration, performance tuning, reusability and maintainability of Ajax software.

·         Experience in delivering Proof-of-Concepts.

·         Able to present your Ideas.

·         Constantly develop your own ideas.

·         Able to coach junior colleagues and guide customers.

·         Experience with dealing with corporate architects, lead developers and project managers.

·         You possess excellent communicative skills in both English and Dutch and Customer focused

The offer

As Senior Front-end Engineer, Backbase will provide you with excellent company benefits:

·         Market rate salary (depending on experience);

·         25 holidays (bases upon a 40hr work week

·         Contributory pension scheme

·         Free lunch

·         International career opportunities (USA)

Backbase can also make you happy in another aspect! Backbase is a pioneer and you shall be able to work for very prominent clients. Backbase offers you a challenging job in an informal and ambitious environment where personal development is highly valued. All within a successful, young and growing organization.

Our process

The first interview will be with Recruitment and a Sr. Front- end Engineer of Backbase. If the interview is positive a task or assessment will follow. This task or assessment is discussed in an in depth interview. If the in depth interview is positive, a final interview with the CEO and the CTO or COO will take place.

For more information about this position please contact Rico van der Kooij responsible for Recruitment at Backbase via 06-12077302 or email recruitment@backbase.com