Company

The fintech company stablished in 1997, which has helped shape the online trading industry by merging innovative technology, market movements and digital trends. The multi-awarded online trading platform enables traders to access the market and invest in stocks or trade CFDs with underlying assets being commodities, Forex, ETFs, cryptocurrencies, and others. The company is, also, the Official Online Trading Partner of FC Bayern, bringing the exciting worlds of football and trading together. And builds innovative fintech so people can #TradeForMore.

Job Overview

With a broad geography, several regulations, a fast-increasing number of leads, and significant in-house product development, we have a complex to manage the corporate landscape. We are looking for a Solution Architect to join our Enterprise Architecture team who will collaborate with the Information Technology and Business Departments and make the company growth optimal.

The role requires both technical and interpersonal skills. It also assumes longer-term (strategic) thinking and planning skills.

Main Responsibilities

• Being a part of the Enterprise Architecture team, you will work with Business-departments, IT Delivery & Operation teams to discover optimal solutions for various business problems. You should consider both functional and non-functional requirements: cost efficiency, time to market, and quality.
• Develop technical product documentation, including product vision, roadmap, NFRs.
• Record decisions and share among the IT Department.
• Lead technical choices, including technology stack choice.
• Participate in development of technical standards.
• Offer and participate in the 3rd party software choice, participate in negotiations with vendors.
• Typically, depending on experience, assignment to the roles of Domain Architect and Application Architect is encouraged.

Requirements

Total experience 8+ years is a must

• Working experience of 2+ years as an Architect, System Analyst, or top-tire Developer or DevOps/SysOps;
• Understanding of fintech, retail industry specifics;
• Understanding of software development processes;
• Clear communication skills & the ability to build strong business relationships; experience in negotiation at a high level;
• Ability to determine systems reliability and performance problems and discover, validate and offer solutions;
• Ability to write product documentation (specification, requirements, instructions, product strategy, and roadmap);
• Languages: English – Upper-Intermediate

Additional Skills and knowledge preferred

• Understanding of general software development processes within the Agile framework (Scrum, SAFe);
• Understanding of architecture frameworks (e.g., TOGAF), design approach (e.g., DDD, EDA, MSA);
• Experience of working with public cloud (AWS, etc.).

Benefits

• Work in a pleasant and enjoyable environment near the Montenegrin sea or mountains
• Quarterly bonuses based on Company performance
• Generous relocation package for the employee and their immediate family/partner
• Medical Insurance Plan with coverage for the employee and their immediate family from day one
• 24 working days of annual leave
• Yearly reimbursement of travel expenses for the employee and family's flight home
• Corporate events and team building activities
• Udemy Business unlimited membership & language training courses
• Professional and personal development opportunities in a fast-growing environment

We are a leading back-office solution provider for Fintech companies that specialises in brokerage-related solutions. We have been operational for over ten years and are continually innovating on a wide range of products and services that serve the financial industry. 

Currently, we are looking for a PHP Backend Developer with a strong IT background. You will be working as part of a highly talented team of IT and business specialists. The team’s top priority is to deliver new features and improve existing services.

You like:

• A Challenge;
• A stable environment to nurture your passion for technology;
• A chance to grow as a specialist;
• To work in an agile, fast-paced environment;
• To deliver quality work on time and focus on business value;
• Meaningful work that has a profound impact on the company and the industry.

About you:

• Excellent knowledge of PHP 7.4+;
• Understanding of OOP, SOLID, OOP Patterns
• Familiarity with Symfony framework;
• PHP development experience 4+ years;
• Solid understanding of MySQL;
• Experience with RabbitMQ or any other messaging queue system;
• Experience with Git;
• Ability to write unit tests using PHPUnit framework;
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills;
• Strong written skills in technical English (Upper-Intermediate or higher).

As an advantage:

• Understanding of DDD, CQRS;
• Familiarity with ElasticSearch;
• Experience working with CS fixer, PHP stan, or similar tools.
• Familiarity with JIRA and Confluence.
• Familiar with the finance domain.

Responsibilities:

• Develop new functionality and maintain the existing company's services;
• Integrate with external and internal services;
• Coordinate technical solutions with other product teams;
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code;
• Refactor and optimise existing code;
• Create and maintain software documentation;
• Troubleshoot production issues;
• Work with Agile methodologies.

We offer:

• Work in an international company;
• Comprehensive health insurance, social guarantees;
• Paid sports activities;
• Fruits, cookies and great coffee;
• Sponsored educational package;
• Modern office environment in the centre of Riga;
• Friendly team and career growth opportunities;
• Fully subsidised parking near the office after the probation period;
• Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.