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Senior PHP Engineer (UK)

A fintech unicorn making consumer finance faster, cheaper, and friendlier, offering loans, credit cards and car finance.
$90,000 - $140,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
101 - 500 Employees
5+ years of experience
Finance
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Description For Senior PHP Engineer (UK)

Lendable, a leading UK fintech unicorn with over 500 employees, is revolutionizing consumer finance by making it faster, cheaper, and friendlier. Profitable since 2017 and backed by Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs, they've successfully rebuilt major consumer finance products including loans, credit cards, and car finance.

As a Senior PHP Engineer, you'll join a robust engineering organization of 140+ talented professionals across various disciplines. You'll work on critical projects within the Zable Card, Autolend, Lendable Loans, and Internal Tools teams. The role offers opportunities to build and integrate new APIs, optimize lending platforms, and participate in architectural discussions.

The technology stack is modern and robust, featuring PHP 8, Symfony, AWS, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, and Kubernetes. The development environment emphasizes continuous deployment and comprehensive testing using tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, Behat, PHPUnit, Jest, Selenium, and Detox.

The company offers an attractive work environment with hybrid working arrangements (WFH Monday and Friday), best-in-class compensation including equity, private health insurance, and a fully stocked kitchen. Lendable prides itself on being an equal-opportunity employer and maintains an impressive 4.9 rating across thousands of Trustpilot reviews.

This role is perfect for experienced PHP developers who want to make a significant impact in a fast-growing fintech environment, working with modern technologies and contributing to products that are transforming the financial services landscape.

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Responsibilities For Senior PHP Engineer (UK)

  • Build and integrate new APIs to enhance the customer journey
  • Optimize lending platforms
  • Engage in deep architectural discussions
  • Work in small teams across Zable Card, Autolend, Lendable Loans, and Internal Tools teams

Requirements For Senior PHP Engineer (UK)

PHP
MySQL
RabbitMQ
Kubernetes
  • Strong, modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ is a must)
  • Good understanding of a modern PHP framework like Symfony or Laravel
  • Strong automatic testing skills (unit, integration, functional)

Benefits For Senior PHP Engineer (UK)

Medical Insurance
Equity
  • Best-in-class compensation including equity
  • Work from home Monday and Friday
  • Fully stocked kitchen
  • Private health insurance
  • Equal-opportunity employer

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