Backbase Developer Senior reviews

2.9

18% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)
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Jouk Pleiter

38% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Senior Developer employees have rated Backbase with 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Backbase is rated 25% below average by Senior Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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29 reviews
5.0
Mar 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Exciting market (enterprise software / fintech) Fast growing (one of the few hypergrowth companies in Europe) Ability to make impact to 100+ mio end customers serviced to Backbase products A lot of career potential for smart, ambitious, driven people

Cons

Standard struggles seen in fast growing / scaling companies Leadership team is very junior / not that experienced in managing people / growth

4.0
Feb 11, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

There are two big departments in Backbase: R&D and Expert Services. R&D department delivering a product and ES integrating it and consulting customers. It is possible to move inside departments and teams if you suddenly don't like working in other group. Company gives ability to grow professionally and to embody your ambitions. Salary indexed every year based on peer review and PDP review. If you perform well salary will be increased up to 6% otherwise you get 2% rise. Colleagues are very professional and you can really learn a lot in this environment. Scrum methodology allows to fill less pressure on the process. Company provides with nice free lunch in the office and snacks/cookies/drinks during a day. Backbase encourage self education and compensate books and conferences.

Cons

If you want to negotiate for some special conditions or advantages to yourself do it before signing contract. Company growing and that causing some instability and unclarity. Not much collaboration at the moment between groups, but this getting better. Backbase don't hold people much

3.0
Dec 1, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You work in an international atmosphere with people who are (mostly) nice, very bright and good at what they do. No intradepartmental infighting, open and friendly culture. Nice office space, nice lunch facilities, good work/life balance, good facilities (laptops, screens etc) to do your work. Freedom to work from home if you need to (in case of partner/child sickness, etc). Office located in the center of Amsterdam, easy to reach by public transport or by car, although the paid parking is hideously expensive.

Cons

Lack of direction and focus, no sense of appreciation, bad to no communication. Constant shuffling of roles, constant initiatives that start out of thin air, then disappear again without a trace with people being moved in and out of them with no apparent plan. No focus on code quality at all, hack something on top of the existing hacks is the modus operandi. Management has a team on their hands with which they could steamroller the competition but does not seem to know what to do with it. In the last 6 months 8 people walked off, including the QA lead and the second R&D manager inside of 3 years, and as far as I can see all this is treated as business as usual. No one left with more than 3 1/2 years on the team, most have a year or less with the product.

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Backbase Response
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Thanks for sharing your feedback. Want to let you know that I deeply care and acknowledge that that 2014 was not a great year for some parts of the BACKBASE RnD organisation. I totally agree with you that we have great people / engineers in RnD and that they deserve a strong and solid organisation. Please ping me for a coffee or beers, so we can talk. Would love to personally fill you in on the improvements we are executing now / early 2015. Looking forward. Jouk BTW: there are many team's / units in Backbase that do very well (great atmosphere, great code, getting things done). Its our goals to have all teams do well.
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