Is Backbase a good company to work for as a Backend Engineer?

Backend Engineer professionals working at Backbase have rated their employer with 3.2 out of 5 stars in 43 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Backbase employees being 3.0 out of 5 stars. Search open Backend Engineer Jobs at Backbase now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Backend Engineer interview questions at Backbase .

Does Backbase pay Backend Engineer employees well?

Backend Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Backbase with 3.2 out of 5 stars based on 43 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 9.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Backend Engineer salaries at Backbase.

How happy are Backend Engineer professionals working at Backbase?

45% of Backend Engineer employees at Backbase would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 21% in the past 12 months. Backend Engineer professionals have also rated Backbase with a 3.7 rating for work-life-balance, 3.7 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.0 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Backbase?

Senior Backend Engineer (26) , Senior Software Engineer (23) , Business Analyst (21) , Software Engineer (19) , Backend Engineer (18) , Senior Project Manager (16) , Senior Business Analyst (13) , Senior Frontend Engineer (13) , QA Engineer (12) , Senior QA Engineer (11) , Frontend Developer (9) , Frontend Engineer (9) , Project Manager (9) , UX Designer (9) , Backend Developer (8)

What are the pros of working at Backbase according to real employee reviews?

"Great culture (and office) in Amsterdam" ((in 81 reviews)); "good work life balance in company" ((in 46 reviews)); "Colleague were nice" ((in 30 reviews)); "good work culture and people and hr" ((in 19 reviews)); "The teams are collaborative and there is a strong emphasis on solving real customer problems." ((in 19 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Backbase according to real employee reviews?

"Salaries are low for other roles except developers" ((in 37 reviews)); "Awful manager, unorganized, caos and no solutions." ((in 19 reviews)); "Weak company strategy results in frequent layoffs." ((in 12 reviews)); "senior leadership is a turnstile; we hire good people but they run for the hills once they see the depth of the dishonesty and dysfunction" ((in 11 reviews)); "Upper management is disappointing" ((in 6 reviews))

Backbase Backend Engineer reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Jouk Pleiter

48% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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Backend Engineer employees have rated Backbase with 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Backend Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Backbase is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Backend Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the IT industry (3.9 stars).

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43 reviews

2.0

May 29, 2026

Used to be good, now there are layoffs and too much change in C suite

Backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- They have good engineering culture and engineers - EU folks in team are quite nice and work culture is usually good.

Cons

- Too much change in top leadership - Job security isn't great - Too much cult following about AI, sudden layoffs. - Should try to increase R&D headcount even if they wish to set a higher benchmark

3.0

Mar 26, 2026

Pushing AI too much

Backend developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-decent amount of feature work -good benefits

Cons

-become culty about AI -progression difficult

3.0

Mar 20, 2026

Startup culture in few project

Senior backend engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Handsome compensation Lot of benefits as other product based company Good talents but only few were reachable My manager was good and friendly

Cons

Short term projects Tight deadline Managers still behaves as like a service based company manager

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