Software Architect – PHP/Symfony

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Designing and enhancing the architecture of mission-critical fintech applications.

• Establishing architectural standards, engineering principles, and best practices across various teams.

• Leading architectural reviews and validating the technical solutions proposed by engineering teams.

• Creating highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant distributed systems.

• Driving system decomposition, defining domain boundaries, and managing service interactions.

• Collaborating with Technical Leads to address complex technical challenges and strategic initiatives.

• Engaging in the design of integrations with banking systems, compliance services, and other external platforms.

• Identifying and addressing technical risks, bottlenecks, and scalability constraints.

• Supporting modernization efforts, architectural refactoring, and the reduction of technical debt.

• Working closely with Product and Business stakeholders to translate business requirements into sustainable technical solutions.

• Mentoring senior engineers and technical leaders on architecture and engineering methodologies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of backend development experience.

• Strong commercial expertise in PHP and Symfony.

• Prior experience in roles such as Software Architect, System Architect, Solution Architect, Principal Engineer, or Lead Backend Engineer with significant architecture responsibility.

• Experience in FinTech, Payments, Banking, EMI, PSP, or Open Banking sectors.

• Profound understanding of OOP, SOLID, GRASP, and design patterns.

• Extensive experience in designing high-load and distributed systems.

• Strong grasp of Domain-Driven Design (DDD).

• Familiarity with Event-Driven Architecture, CQRS, and Event Sourcing.

• Experience in designing microservice architectures and service communication patterns.

• In-depth knowledge of PostgreSQL, performance optimization, and database design.

• Experience with Redis, message brokers, caching strategies, and asynchronous processing.

• Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native environments.

• Understanding of system observability, monitoring, logging, and performance analysis.

• Experience in documenting and presenting architectural decisions.

• Ability to balance business objectives with technical excellence.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package (commensurate with your experience)

• 19 business days of flexible Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Fully remote work with flexible hours (within the CET time zone) from any location of your choice

• Values-driven culture with a friendly and supportive work environment

• Opportunity to regularly participate in conferences and community events as both a participant and contributor

• Matrix organizational structure designed to streamline communication, remove barriers, and promote efficiency