Senior PHP Engineer (Cards Team)
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 700 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)
So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.
We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.
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
About the role
We’re looking for a Senior PHP Engineer to join our Mexico expansion team, helping to drive us towards the launch of a new mobile finance product that aims to further our international growth.
We’re looking for someone excited by the idea of joining a small cross-functional product team with a startup mindset, operating within one of Europe’s most successful, profitable fintechs, to support the initial build of a new product offering for this new market.
Our ideal candidate is an experienced and resourceful engineer, comfortable building relationships with other established product teams to understand where we can use existing learnings to influence decisions and align on approaches, collaborating with frontend engineers to guide and agree API behaviours and expectations through documented contracts, and working closely with product stakeholders to agree on MVP requirements.
Our tech stack
We believe in using the right tools for the job, and our stack reflects our commitment to modern, efficient development:
Backend: PHP 8, Symfony, AWS, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes
CI/CD: Datadog, GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
Testing & Monitoring: Behat, PHPUnit for robust automated testing, Datadog for monitoring
Productivity: Github, Slack, Jira & Confluence
What we're looking for
We're seeking passionate engineers who are excited to contribute and grow with us
Must have:
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, Event Sourcing and CQRS
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
Nice to have:
Familiarity with microservices architecture and working on financial systems is a bonus.
You have experimented with AI tooling to accelerate your own, and others, productivity, and can discuss the positives and negatives of different approaches and tools
Experience in a cross-functional environment
Interview process
A short video call with one of our team members to learn more about each other, and answer any initial questions you have about the role
A short practical coding exercise to complete in your own time
A technical session with your peers where you’ll discuss your solution to the exercise, talk through some problems and scenarios, and dig deeper into your technical experience
An interview with an Engineering Manager to explore your motivations and goals, assess how you could play a part in your team’s success, and better understand how we could help you thrive in your role.
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 IRL 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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