Senior PHP Engineer

Lendable is a UK-based fintech company with over 700 employees, profitable since 2017, backed by investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs. The company has rebuilt major consumer finance products such as loans, credit cards, and car finance, focusing on fast money delivery to customers. It operates in the UK and US markets, targeting large financial institutions with outdated systems.

Essential:

• 8+ years experience with PHP
• Modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ required)
• Strong business-oriented product engineering skills
• High degree of ownership and autonomy
• Good understanding of modern PHP frameworks like Symfony or Laravel
• Strong automatic testing skills (unit, integration, functional, Behat)

Nice to have:

• Experience with Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems, and Event Sourcing
• Familiarity with microservices architecture
• Experience working on financial systems
• Desire to learn and contribute in a collaborative team

• Build and integrate new APIs to enhance the customer journey
• Optimize lending platforms
• Engage in deep architectural discussions
• Take ownership across a broad remit with decision-making impact from day one
• Work in small, resourceful teams to solve problems and find smarter solutions
• Build technology using new data sources, machine learning, and AI