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Senior Back-End Software Developer

Greecefull_timeVerifiedPosted 19 Aug 2025

About the role

FXGT is a leading online trading platform offering forex, CFDs, and crypto trading with advanced technology and competitive conditions. We provide a dynamic and innovative environment for professionals looking to grow in the financial markets industry.

We are looking to hire a Senior Back-End Software Developer with team-working spirit, always willing to learn and explore new technologies. If you have excellent programming skills and a passion for developing web services or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you. As a Back-End developer, you’ll work closely with the other developers to ensure system consistency and improve user experience.

Job Responsibilities

Participate in the entire application lifecycle, focus on coding and debugging
Liaise with other developers, QAs and business analysts to identify new features
Clearly understand and process requirements coming from the Product team
Define technical and design requirements
Work and communicate as part of a team of Developers, QAs and System analysts, as well as help and support the other team members
Build effective, optimized, high-quality and well-documented code related to CRM functionality, financial transactions, blockchain (advantage), API integrations with payment gateways and other third-party systems as well as database structure and optimization
Build reusable code and libraries for future use
Recognize impediments to our efficiency as a team, propose and implement solutions
Identify areas of improvement in our system performance and advocate for back-end best practices
Collaborate with Front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic
Debug errors, troubleshoot issues, and perform routine performance optimizations
Develop automated tests to ensure business needs are met and allow for regression testing
Test the quality of the code before submitting for QA
Learn about new technologies and stay up to date with current best practices
Support and train the internal teams and other team members

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
Minimum 5 years of PHP development experience with at least 3 years focused on Laravel framework
Advanced knowledge of Laravel ecosystem including Eloquent ORM, Blade templating, middleware, service providers, and Laravel Mix
Proficient with Git version control and GitHub workflows
Experience designing and developing RESTful APIs using Laravel's API resources
Previous experience with working with PSP integrations
Strong understanding of full-stack web development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to deployment
Expertise in Laravel's performance optimisation techniques including caching, queuing systems, and database query optimisation
Implementation of automated testing using PHPUnit and Laravel's testing tools
Advanced knowledge of MySQL/PostgreSQL and database design within Laravel applications
Experience with Laravel's authentication systems, including Sanctum and/or Passport for API authentication
Experience with Laravel Queue and job processing systems (Redis, database queues)
Experience with message brokers like Apache Kafka and their integration with Laravel (advantageous)
Experience with payment process flows in general
Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Demonstrated ability to adapt to new technologies and frameworks
Growth mindset with a passion for clean code and innovative solutions
Self-motivated with strong organisational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities
Skilled at explaining technical concepts to both technical and non-technical team members
Meticulous attention to detail and analytical problem-solving approach
Experience with Laravel Horizon, Telescope, and Nova tools (advantageous)
Familiarity with Docker and Laravel Sail for containerised development environments