Senior Backend Developer

Description: We are seeking a super hands-on Senior Backend Developer (PHP) to join our motivated team at fundcraft
In this exciting role, you will have a key impact on driving the growth and success of the fundcraft brand by delivering innovative backend solutions that make a difference.
Work Modality: Hybrid Location: Girona, Spain Seniority Level: Senior Reporting to the: Lead Backend Engineer About the Team: Our team thrives on an agile, quality-driven approach with two-week sprints to ensure rapid, yet well-structured, product development.
Your contributions will play a crucial role in delivering innovative digital solutions and ensure our product offers a seamless en-to-end user experience.
Our Tech Stack: At fundcraft, we pride ourselves on leveraging a modern and powerful tech stack to drive innovation and efficiency in fund operations.
Our stack is designed for scalability, flexibility, and continuous improvement, ensuring our platform remains cutting-edge and capable of supporting our clients' evolving needs.
Backend: Python with FastAPI, Django, and Celery, leveraging clean architecture principles to build robust, scalable APIs and efficiently manage asynchronous task processing.
Frontend: ReactJS, delivering a seamless and responsive user experience.
Cloud Infrastructure: AWS Cloud, providing the backbone for our highly available and scalable infrastructure.
Containerization & Orchestration: Docker for containerized application management, ensuring consistent and reliable deployments.
Databases: PostgreSQL for relational data storage, Redis and MongoDB, designed for scalability and high performance.
API Design: OpenAPI standards for clear, maintainable, and scalable API development CI/CD: GHA, continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines enabling fast, efficient deployments.
Testing: Unit tests, automated end-to-end (e2e) testing, quality gates to ensure code quality and reliability.
Collaboration Tools: Agile workflows powered by Jira and Confluence to keep our teams aligned and efficient.
About the Role: As a Senior Backend Engineer (PHP), you play a crucial role in designing, developing, and maintaining scalable, high-performance backend systems that support fundcraft's platform.
You work closely with cross-functional departments, including frontend engineers and product managers, to deliver robust backend solutions that align with business objectives.
Your focus is on hands-on development, ensuring the reliability, security, and maintainability of the platform, while addressing complex technical challenges in production.
In this role, you will be responsible for the development of one of our most in-demand projects across the company: an internal task management and client communication tool.
This is a position based in Spain and reporting directly to the Lead Backend Engineer or the VP Software Engineering.
Key Responsibilities: Implementing scalable, high-performance features and integrations between services in a high-demand system, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and seamless user experience.
Develop, implement, and maintain end to end solutions using technologies such as PHP, FreeScout, Python, Docker and AWS Cloud.
Write automated unit tests and integration tests to validate backend functionality and ensure code quality and reliability.
Maintain comprehensive documentation of backend systems, APIs, and processes to facilitate knowledge transfer and ensure code maintainability.
Share technical insights and best practices with unit members, and contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering processes and workflows.
Proactively provide technical knowledge and support to junior and other senior backend engineers.
Work closely with DevOps engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that meet business objectives and user needs.
Communicate effectively with other members, providing regular updates on project status, challenges, and progress.
Qualifications & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 3 years of proven experience as a PHP developer.
Commitment to writing clean, efficient, and high-quality code.
Fluency in both spoken and written Spanish.
Fluency in both spoken and written English.
Skills & Expected Behaviours: Develop scalable, high-performance backend systems that support business objectives and platform needs.
Collaborate with cross-functional departments to ensure seamless integration of backend solutions with frontend applications.
Optimise APIs for performance, scalability, and security, ensuring they meet the technical requirements of various applications.
Contribute to code quality by participating in code reviews and adhering to best practices in software development.
Mentor junior engineers by providing guidance, sharing technical insights, and supporting their growth.
Maintain up-to-date documentation of backend systems, APIs, and processes to ensure code maintainability and knowledge sharing.
Why Join Us: Join a culture that celebrates creativity and welcomes innovative, disruptive ideas, empowering you to make a real impact.
Immerse yourself in a fast-paced, diverse workplace where you'll have the chance to collaborate and learn from specialists across various fields, fostering personal and professional growth.
Embrace automation and seamless tech integration in your workflows?, while our platform boosts operations through tech leverage, ensuring you stay ahead of the curve and updated with new technologies.
Enjoy an attractive compensation package that recognizes your contributions and dedication to our shared success, rewarding you fairly for your hard work.
Work in a comfortable, ergonomic environment within our spacious, modern offices located conveniently in the heart of Girona, just minutes away from the train station where you can enjoy daily fresh fruit and coffee? Monthly afterworks organised by the company to unwind and strengthen team connections.
Enjoy flexible entry hours that help you balance your personal life with your work commitments.? About the Company: Join the exciting journey at fundcraft, where we're revolutionizing the fund industry providing digital-native fund operations.
Our mission is clear: to be our client's digital native partner, providing simple, transparent and integrated fund operations empowering alternative investment managers to focus on their core business.
As a fully CSSF-licensed AIFM and central administrator, fundcraft is uniquely positioned to meet the diverse fund operations needs of private equity, venture capital, and funds of funds.
Be part of our dedicated team of financial experts, lawyers, product managers, tech developers, and corporate professionals who are committed to disrupting the financial industry with our unique product and innovative tech-led approach.
We're proud to stand out from competition and be the first provider to offer such a comprehensive solution.
Founded in 2020, fundcraft has grown rapidly, already employing over 90 professionals across two countries.
If you're passionate about driving change and making a difference in the financial world, join us and be part of our success story.