Distinguished Frontend Engineer

Overview

The Distinguished Engineer is the highest technical individual contributor position within the organization, serving as a global subject matter expert and defining long-term technology vision and strategy across the company.

What you'll do

• Define and implement the 3-year to 5-year+ technology horizon and enterprise data direction.
• Conceptualize product architecture in the core team and design strategic solutions that span the entire Backbase stack.
• Serve as the external spokesperson for the company at conferences and innovation hubs.
• Act as the final authority on technical integrity, resolving the most complex engineering initiatives and existential technical risks.
• Provide functional oversight and guidance to the entire engineering team, coaching and multiplying senior technical leaders and Principals.
• Lead Backbase technical initiatives across the company and drive large-scale technical change-management programs.
• Champion the adoption of agentic tooling, LLM-driven workflows, and AI automation within your team to accelerate the development lifecycle.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of professional experience.
• A track record of inventing new paradigms or creating new product categories.
• Recognized for external thought leadership, such as being a published author or keynote speaker.
• An exceptional ability to translate complex technology bets into long-term business value.
• Experience as a trusted advisor to C-level executives, shaping the market and influencing partners and regulators.
• Advanced Angular frontend development expertise.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad.