Creditstar Group is a rapidly growing international consumer finance company, headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia and operating in multiple European markets.

At the core, we are a financial technology company that uses automated processes, algorithms and data analysis to make financial instruments easily available to a population of more than 175 million people in our target markets. We are a team of ambitious professionals who value innovation, effective efficiency, high growth, and high performance. For more information on the group, please visit www.creditstar.com.

Our vision is to build and deliver digital banking products of the future. If you want to be part of this, here is your chance.

Your Role:

We are looking for a solution-focused person, who is a great communicator and a team player. Your role is to participate in product and platform development - work closely with the installment loan product team to develop new features and services. You will be working on the core architecture of the company’s backend systems and developing and maintaining scalable software solutions and high-quality web platforms that are built with automation in mind.

Your Responsibilities:

• Architecting and designing our backend systems and document processes and procedures.
• Working closely with our product, collaborating with key stakeholders and contributing ideas.
• Coding, following and maintaining coding standards and best practices.
• Writing unit tests
• Participating in scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, refinements, retrospectives, etc.

Requirements:

Required Experience, Skills, And Competencies:

• At least 5 years of professional experience.
• Experience with distributed systems. You know what it takes to design software using microservices architecture and modern tools.
• You are familiar with event streaming and message queues.
• Experience with API design
• Good analytical, problem solving and communication skills.
• Results-oriented
• Fluency in English

Tech Stack:

• PHP, JS
• Docker, Kubernetes
• SQL (Postgres)
• Atlassian, Bitbucket

Bonus Points If You Have:

• Experience or understanding of high-volume transactional applications development, using market-leading web technologies.
• Experience with AWS cloud services.
• Familiar with Scrum or other agile development methodologies.
• Any certificates proving your professional skills.
• You love optimization and the beauty of automation.
• Working knowledge with large data sets (data mining, data analytics and reporting).
• Previous experience of migration from monolith to microservices.
• Any experience with dev ops tools - Ansible, Terraform, Bitbucket pipelines etc.

Benefits:

• Dynamic, challenging, and rewarding work within a rapidly growing international company;
• Chance to contribute to the business decision-making processes and make a tangible impact;
• A talented and fun international team who always has your back;
• Supportive environment facilitating growth and achievement;
• Flexible working hours;
• Regular company parties and events;
• Office with games, pool table, free snacks/drinks and the possibility to work remotely;
• Powerful equipment and modern tools;
• On-demand sponsorship for your professional development;
• Competitive remuneration package.