Senior Back-End Software Developer

FXGT is a leading online trading platform offering forex, CFDs, and crypto trading with advanced technology and competitive conditions. We provide a dynamic and innovative environment for professionals looking to grow in the financial markets industry.

We are looking to hire a Senior Back-End Software Developer with team-working spirit, always willing to learn and explore new technologies. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing web services or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a Back-End developer, you'll work closely with the other developers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.

Job Responsibilities

• Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focus on coding and debugging
• Liaise with other developers, QAs and business analysts to identify new features
• Clearly understand and process requirements coming from the Product team
• Define technical and design requirements
• Work and communicate as part of a team of Developers, QAs and System analysts, as well as help and support the other team members
• Build effective, optimized, high-quality and well-documented code related to CRM functionality, financial transactions, blockchain (advantage), API integrations with payment gateways and other third-party systems as well as database structure and optimization
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use
• Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team, propose and implement solutions
• Identify areas of improvement in our system performance and advocate for back-end best practices
• Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
• Debug errors, troubleshoot issues, and perform routine performance optimizations
• Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing
• Test the quality of the code before submitting for QA
• Learn about new technologies and stay up to date with current best practices
• Support and train the internal teams and other team members

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• Minimum 5 years of PHP development experience with at least 3 years focused on Laravel framework
• Advanced knowledge of Laravel ecosystem including Eloquent ORM, Blade templating, middleware, service providers, and Laravel Mix
• Proficient with Git version control and GitHub workflows
• Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs using Laravel's API resources
• Previous experience with working with PSP integrations
• Strong understanding of full-stack web development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment
• Expertise in Laravel's performance optimisation techniques including caching, queuing systems, and database query optimisation
• Implementation of automated testing using PHPUnit and Laravel's testing tools
• Advanced knowledge of MySQL/PostgreSQL and database design within Laravel applications
• Experience with Laravel's authentication systems, including Sanctum and/or Passport for API authentication
• Experience with Laravel Queue and job processing systems (Redis, database queues)
• Experience with message brokers like Apache Kafka and their integration with Laravel (advantageous)
• Experience with payment process flows in general
• Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and frameworks
• Growth mindset with a passion for clean code and innovative solutions
• Self-motivated with strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Skilled at explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members
• Meticulous attention to detail and analytical problem-solving approach
• Experience with Laravel Horizon, Telescope, and Nova tools (advantageous)
• Familiarity with Docker and Laravel Sail for containerised development environments

Employee Benefits & Perks

Compensation & Rewards

• Attractive Remuneration Package & Welcome package
• Discretionary Bonus based on both company and individual performance
• Referral Bonus for helping us grow with great talent

Learning & Development

• Yearly Training Budget (includes Udemy membership by department)
• Ongoing Training Opportunities for professional and personal development

Time Off & Leave

• Up to 25 Days of Holiday Leave per year
• Special Leave Days for personal reasons (additional leaves on special occasions such us birthdays, weddings, condolence)

Parental benefits

New Fathers

• 2 extra paid days off for the birth of your child on the day of birth and the day after.

Mothers

• May leave up to 2 hours early daily, if working a full 40-hour week and child is under 16.

Family Support

• Emergency leave for school pickups.
• Attend school activities up to 2 times/year (HR must receive official invite).

Please note that due to the high volumes of applications received only shortlisted applicants will be responded to.