TransferGo is a growing fintech scale-up on a mission to make the world a fairer place for migrants. We strive to provide tailored, more affordable financial services that make people's hard-earned money go further. Now in our 12th year, with over 370 employees in offices across Europe, we’re crafting a brilliant, relevant product that makes a difference in people's lives and the well-being of their families. 

We’ve come this far by building a talented, diverse workforce on a fair culture and our strong values. Having this strong team of employees, we can serve those who really need our product to make their lives better. 

The E2E Operations team’s goal is to make our back-office team’s daily life as smooth as possible by reducing the amount of manual work and unnecessary human interaction, and ensuring that the systems they use run flawlessly. We’re now looking for a talented Senior Back-End Engineer to join us.

Here’s what you’ll be doing as a Senior Back-End Engineer:

  • Design, build and operate services in a cloud-native, service-oriented environment, which will be used by multi-platform applications and hundreds of thousands of users
  • Enjoy a great level of end-to-end autonomy, owning system design, implementation approach and production operations of your services. We truly believe in the “Builders mindset”
  • Work closely with product managers and UX designers to shape product strategy, its roadmap and backlog. Your work will directly impact the business in tangible and visible ways
  • Contribute to engineering strategy and the overall way how we build and run things, with your experience, skills and knowledge

Here are some of our core tools helping us to get the job done:

  • Runtime: PHP 7/8, Symfony
  • Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
  • CI/CD: Github, Jenkins
  • Data: MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, S3
  • Test: phpspec, Behat, PHPUnit

Please take a look at our tech stack in detail on stackshare.io.

It would be awesome if:

  • You have experience building distributed services and APIs, and you know what that means to run those in a heavy-load production
  • You enjoy building products used by people
  • You can efficiently work in an autonomous way
  • You have experience in mentoring mid, junior engineers
  • You can detect problems, find and create solutions
  • You have a strong sense of ownership
  • You are a good communicator and can use English effectively at work
  • You can champion engineering innovation and best practices
  • You enjoy sharing your experience with other engineers and helping others to succeed

Monthly salary starts from €4900 depending on the level of experience.

What we believe

At TransferGo, we offer competitive rewards to all people. We know that recognition is about more than just money, and we’ve fostered a culture of kudos to shine a light on the great work throughout the business, and the people making it all happen. We hold regular in person events to connect with each other and help all our TransferNauts to grow with a generous training allowance. We believe that empowering people makes for a happier and more effective workforce. This means we enable anyone who wants to pursue initiatives that deliver real value for our migrant customers. 

What we offer:

  • Be part of building a meaningful product in a growing fintech scale-up;
  • We hire owners;
  • A competitive rewards package;
  • Generous holiday allowance (based on tenure);
  • Competitive healthcare insurance / wellbeing package from day one (based on your location);
  • An annual development budget of €1,000 to spend on your growth;
  • We truly embrace flexibility and take a hybrid approach to our working style. Most of our team members come into their local office 2 days a week. 
  • If you are near one of our offices, we are a pet-friendly company and we enjoy regular opportunities to connect in person (we truly value in person connection on a regular basis and celebrate in style).

At TransferGo, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees. We will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity,  marriage, civil partnership or any other protected category. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive culture and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join TransferGo. We look forward to meeting you! 

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At TransferGo, we believe in the transformative power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) for both our team and our customers. We stand committed to supporting migrants from all corners of the world, recognising their resilience, talents, and contributions. By embracing diversity, we enrich our company culture and create innovative solutions that change lives. Together, we are not only transforming the experiences of our customers but also paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable future for all.

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