About Lendable
Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:
- One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of just over 600 people
- Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
- Profitable since 2017
- Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs
- Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot)
Senior PHP Engineer
As a Senior PHP Engineer, you'll be a key player in our engineering organisation, a vibrant community of over 160 talented engineers spanning backend, frontend, mobile, and platform disciplines. This isn't just about maintaining; it's about innovating. You'll dive into a wide range of exciting projects, from building and integrating new APIs that elevate the customer journey to optimising our cutting‑edge lending platforms. You'll also engage in deep architectural discussions, shaping the future of our products. There's ample opportunity to grow, contribute, and truly make your mark.
Join us if you want to
- Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1
- Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo
- Build the best technology in‑house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting
Our Modern Tech Stack
- Backend: PHP 8, Symfony, AWS, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions and ArgoCD (we deploy to production as soon as a feature is complete!)
- Testing: Behat, PHPUnit for robust automated testing
What We're Looking For
- Strong, business oriented engineer with modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ is a must). You're fluent in the latest PHP features and best practices.
- A solid grasp of a modern PHP framework like Symfony or Laravel.
- Experience with Domain‑Driven Design, Message‑Driven Systems, and Event Sourcing is a significant plus.
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and working on financial systems is a bonus.
- Excellent automated testing skills (unit, integration, functional) – you believe in quality code.
- A genuine desire to learn, collaborate, and contribute your ideas within a highly collaborative team.
- High degree of ownership and autonomy
- Experience in a cross‑functional environment is a plus, but not essential.
Interview Process
- A quick chat with one of our team to see if the role is a good match.
- 15‑minute cognitive assessment and a practical take‑home coding exercise for you to showcase your coding skills.
- A technical interview to discuss your coding exercise and dive deeper into your skills.
- A culture‑add interview to assess how you'd thrive within our team and organisation.
Life at Lendable
- The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.
- Best‑in‑class compensation, including equity.
- You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish – on the other days, those based in the UK come together in person at our Shoreditch office in London to be together, build and exchange ideas.
- Enjoy a fully stocked kitchen with everything you need to whip up breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office every Tuesday‑Thursday.
- We care for our Lendies’ well‑being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance.
- We're an equal‑opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London.
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