Backend Engineer

Job Title: Backend Engineer

Work Location: Estonia

Recently named one of WorkLife’s 50 Best Places to Work and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Whalar Group is a leading global Creator Company.

Whalar Group empowers creators, brands, and platforms to tap new areas of innovation and drive business growth together. We do this through our six divisions: brand partnerships, talent management, proprietary technology, a creator-centric venture studio, a gaming studio, and a physical campus for creators. As a result, we have the best understanding, the most access, and the earned trust of creators. We're a curious, diverse team of 300 individuals united by one belief: Everything Is Better With Creators.

We Liberate the Creative Voice. We are Whalar.

About the role:

You will become a member of the development squads of our engineering team. Your mission will be the development of features that support our backend services. You will work with a tech stack built with PHP, Postgres, MongoDB, etc. Deployed to high availability in Docker containers over AWS and serverless infrastructure. You will perform monitoring, bug tracking and performance analysis of the services deployed to the platform.

This role is tied to our Tallinn Office but can be sit anywhere within Estonia territory and requires to relocate there.

Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:

Follow agile methodologies

Write robust, reliable and maintainable code you are proud of

Align with the product team to help achieve the best solution

Contribute to growing our microservices architecture

Integrate third-party services

Enhance our data ingestion infrastructure

Improve the security of our systems

Create technical documentation

Work towards improving our Data-Driven products

Collaborate with our Data Science team

Help to measure the success of our products

Here’s what we’re looking for:

A minimum of 4+ years of backend software development experience with PHP, Java or C#.

Understanding of microservices architecture and best practices

Solid knowledge of REST APIs and web service architecture

Proven experience using best practices (SOLID, Clean code, TDD )

Experience writing unit and integration tests

Experience using Symfony or Laravel frameworks

Experience using Docker and AWS

Experience using code analyzer tools (phpstan, phpmd, sonar, etc)

A good command of written and spoken English

Bonus Points:

Experience with PHP 7.4+ and Symfony or Laravel frameworks

Experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka

Knowledge of Python or NodeJS

Experience with Elasticsearch

Our values:

At Whalar Group, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) isn't just a statement, it's our collective strength. Our people are our superpower. A diverse team and inclusive leadership have shaped Whalar Group since our inception in 2016, fueling a constant evolution of growth. We champion a culture of respect and empathy, fostering a sense of belonging that transcends demographics. We hire individuals of all backgrounds and empower them to thrive, challenge stereotypes, and actively break societal barriers.

The perks:

Whalar Group provides flexible benefits and collaborative work environments/experiences, so employees can work productively in a setting that best and uniquely suits their needs.

25 days of PTO + Sick days + Winter break

Monthly phone/internet reimbursement

Professional development stipend

New joiner Home office allowance

16 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave

Calm App subscription (Add up to 4 dependents)

Volunteer days

Social programs

Whalar Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Equal opportunity extends to all aspects of the employment relationship, including hiring, promotions, training, working conditions, compensation, and benefits.