Backend Engineer

Job Title: Backend Engineer

Work Location: Spain

Named one of WorkLife’s 50 Best Places to Work and one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies, Whalar Group is a global creator company on a mission to liberate the creative voice. 

Foam, a division of Whalar Group, is a cutting-edge SaaS platform designed to empower talent representatives in managing their day-to-day workflow and growing their businesses. Foam offers premium tools and features to agencies, enabling them to streamline their operations, enhance collaboration, win more business, and drive exceptional results for their clients.

We are a curious, diverse team of 300 individuals around the world who are passionate about the Creator Economy. Our proximity, understanding, and trust of creators evolved into a first-of-its-kind creator ecosystem. Under Whalar Group, there are six companies: Whalar, a global creator agency; Sixteenth, a full-service global, 360° creator and talent management company; Foam, a suite of AI tools, templates, and services; Moby Ventures, a creator-centric venture studio; Umi Games, a groundbreaking gaming studio; and The Lighthouse, an IRL campus for creators and their teams.

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 Málaga Office but can be sit anywhere within Spain territory.

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 or Golang
• 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 RabbitMQ or Kafka
• Experience with Datadog/OpenTelemetry 
• Experience in Observability 
• 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.

• Private medical insurance
• 25 days of PTO + sick days + winter break
• Monthly telework allowance 
• Professional development stipend
• New joiner home office allowance 
• 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.