senior software engineer (php)

At our client’s, they are on a mission to build the digital financial infrastructure that underpins e-commerce in Greece, empowering Marketplaces, and Merchants to thrive.

They are a team of enthusiastic young people, driven by our values to Empower Customers, work as a Team Together, Manage Risk and Get Stuff Done.

They are proud to have built the payments layer connecting most Greek Marketplaces and Merchants with world-class schemes like Visa and MasterCard. They service most Greek Marketplaces, including Greece’s largest and most successful marketplace: Skroutz.

Our systems connect to thousands of banks, in Greece and abroad. Our tech processes tens of thousands of transactions every day – that’s €billions worth of e-commerce. If you have bought something online in Greece, chances are you have already used our payments product.

Our client is fully owned by the Skroutz Group of Companies and is both a Tech Company and a Regulated Financial Services Institution. Therefore, you will be exposed to the world of the Tech Payments Sector and that of Financial Services.

How you will contribute to our client’s vision:

They are growing our Product teams and they are looking for a talented Software Engineers!

What are our challenges?

• Scale: Our business is on a significant growth trajectory. This means that our tech has to follow suit. You can be expected to work on optimising our architecture and tech, enabling global level of workloads, and solving major, complex, scalability problems
• Breadth: They are on a constant mission of expanding our product line. You will be working on enabling the latest and most innovative payment methods using cutting-edge APIs and infrastructure of companies such as Google, Apple, and Amazon
• Depth: They are a tech company. As they grow, they are constantly re-evaluating our tech stack, and refactor our code-base. They are on a constant mission to refactor, and optimise, our existing codebase

What you will be doing:

• Work with a wide range of systems, both in house and external interfaces
• Be exposed to, and learn about the unique world of payments, and learn the APIs and functionality of significant Payment Schemes like Visa and MasterCard
• Work with your team, learn from them, and share your knowledge
• Understand the latest cloud-based technologies, including full Agile, Automated CI/CD and testing
• Create new products that positively impact almost every person who buys or sells via e-commerce in Greece
• Collaborate across different departments, including SRE, Product, Sales, Compliance, AML and Operations
• Research, and develop new products poised to help marketplaces and merchants grow
• Grow yourself: they will sponsor Learning & Development opportunities for our talented staff
• Responsible for the backbone of our core platform
• Run many projects and expose yourself to the full spectrum of functionality our company offers. For example, you can expect to work on Front End systems used by our clients, design APIs, build regulatory requirements, or combat online fraud

Our Stack:

• PHP / MariaDB / MongoDB / AWS ECR-EKS-SNS-SQS-Lambda

What will you need to succeed:

• 3+ years of experience in developing systems in a product company
• A finance and payments background is a plus but not a must-have
• Familiarity with the specifics of our tech stack is not an issue; our team will coach you – they want you to succeed!
• Be creative, open-minded and commercially driven
• You thrive in team-based environments and can co-operate with stakeholders from all departments and levels of the organisation
• Have high levels of user empathy, and care for improving customer experience
• Take pride in being an Engineer and apply your skills in a multitude of problems spanning across multiple verticals
• Enjoy both learning and sharing with your team

What’s it like to work at our client’s?

• A great opportunity to contribute to our client’s team growth
• Being part of an environment that gives employees large goals, autonomy and mentoring, creates incredible opportunities, both for you and the company
• Competitive full-time salary
• Monthly meal allowance
• Ongoing training and development
• Private Medical plan
• Access to books, online courses and relevant resources