OpenTag is an International company within the field of Sports Betting and Gaming.
Our mission is to create the best software through empowered teams, centralized around our product. We do this to help great organizations reach ambitious goals and fulfill their purpose with equally great teams.
We are looking for a motivated Strong Junior PHP Developer to join our Platform Team (Payment Gateway Service). You will be part of a fast-paced, collaborative environment where we develop and maintain services responsible for seamless and secure interactions with multiple payment providers.
As a Junior Developer, you will work alongside experienced engineers to build, integrate and support payment solutions that power our core products. This is a great opportunity to learn about fintech systems, payment flows and scalable backend development. Key Responsibilities * Develop, test and maintain the PHP-based Payment Gateway Service that interacts with external payment provider APIs. * Assist in integrating new payment providers into the system. * Monitor and troubleshoot payment-related issues and transactions. * Collaborate with senior developers, QA engineers, DevOps specialists and product/integration managers to deliver high-quality features. * Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code. * Participate in code reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of internal processes.
Job requirements * Solid knowledge of PHP (preferably version 7.4 or higher). * 1+ year of experience developing with the Symfony framework and Doctrine ORM OR Laravel. * Basic understanding of REST APIs, HTTP protocols and JSON. * Familiarity with OOP principles and MVC frameworks (e.g. Symfony; Laravel is a plus). * Experience with version control systems such as Git. * Good understanding of relational databases (MySQL or PostgreSQL). * Willingness to learn and work in a domain-heavy area such as payments and financial services. * Intermediate English (be ready to pass interviews in English). * Location requirement: Ukraine or Sofia, Bulgaria (only candidates currently based here will be considered).
Nice to Have * Experience working with payment providers, online transactions or financial systems. * Hands-on experience with microservices and Apache Thrift/gRPC. * Basic understanding of Docker or containerized environments (e.g. Kubernetes). * Experience with monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as Sentry, Jaeger or Kibana dashboards. * Experience with unit testing, Behat and debugging practices.
What do We offer? * Flexibility to work fully remotely in Ukraine * 20 vacation days a year + a day off for your birthday * Health Insurance * Birthday presents * Office snacks and team lunches * Sports subscription to support your active lifestyle * Individual educational programs * Competitive salary in EURO * ...and many more!
