About the job
BrainRocket is a global company creating end-to-end tech products for clients across Fintech, iGaming, and Marketing. Young, ambitious, and unstoppable, we've already taken Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Poland, and Serbia by storm. Our BRO team consists of 1,300 bright minds creating innovative ideas and products. We dont follow formats. We shape them. We build what works, launch it fast, and make sure it hits.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Full Stack Developer (Node.js & React) to join our development team in Lisbon. This role is 80% Backend (Node.js) and 20% Frontend (React), where youll help build and scale a next-generation payments integration platform that connects businesses with multiple financial service providers through secure, high-performance APIs.
Your Mission
Design and implement robust solutions that power our payments platform, ensuring scalability, security, and reliability. You will contribute to building seamless integrations with banks and payment providers while actively participating in the evolution of a cutting-edge fintech product.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and optimize backend-heavy solutions for our proprietary payments platform
Develop and maintain complex integrations with banks, PSPs, and other third-party providers
Actively participate in the full feature lifecycle, from concept and design to implementation and release
Contribute to the continuous evolution of our fintech payments solution, ensuring adaptability to market needs
Collaborate within agile development cycles (Scrum), including grooming, sprint planning, and bi-weekly releases
Identify opportunities to improve technical approaches, performance, and development processes
Work closely with design, product, and business teams to align features with user and business needs
Requirements
5+ years of professional experience in web development
3+ years of hands-on experience with Node.js
3+ years of frontend experience with React
Solid experience with Next.js, Nest.js, Apollo, and Material UI
Strong proficiency in TypeScript
Experience with high-load SQL and/or NoSQL databases
Hands-on experience with REST, GraphQL, and WebSockets
Knowledge of TDD and experience writing automated tests
Understanding of microservice architecture principles
Proficiency with Git workflows
Hands-on experience with RabbitMQ and Redis
Experience with MongoDB and MySQL
Advanced English skills (written and spoken)
Nice to Have
Experience in Fintech or payment systems
Exposure to Kubernetes or containerized environments
Familiarity with DevOps practices (CI/CD, cloud deployment)
We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:
Learning and development opportunities and interesting, challenging tasks.
Relocation package (tickets, staying in a hotel for up to 2 weeks, and visa relocation support for our employees and their family members).
Opportunity to develop language skills, with partial compensation for the cost of English and Portuguese language classes (for localization purposes).
Partial compensation for tennis and padel lessons.
Urban Sport membership benefit (the most diverse sports and wellness offering in Europe, with more than 50+ activities).
Private medical coverage, including inpatient, outpatient, dental care, annual check-ups, and maternity support.
Time for proper rest, with 24 non-business days per year and an additional 6 paid sick days.
Transport compensation - 200 euros net per month.
Competitive remuneration level with annual review.
Teambuilding activities.
Important: This is an on-site position based in Lisbon. Remote or hybrid work is not available. Candidates must either already be in Lisbon or be willing to relocate. Full relocation support will be provided if necessary.
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