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Lendable is a UK-based fintech unicorn (800+ employees, profitable since 2017) backed by Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs. The company has rebuilt consumer finance products (loans, credit cards, car finance) with best-in-class technology and is expanding into the UK and US markets.
You'll join the US Loans team as a Mid Level PHP Engineer, working on a new product built on Lendable's established lending platform and codebase. You'll collaborate with experienced engineers who understand both the domain and systems deeply. Your responsibilities will span building and integrating new APIs to enhance the customer journey, optimizing lending platforms, and participating in architectural discussions.
The engineering organization comprises over 200 engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, and platform disciplines. You'll have ownership and autonomy from day one, working in small teams of resourceful people who challenge the status quo. The tech stack includes PHP 8, Symfony 7, AWS, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD. The team deploys to production as soon as features are complete.
The interview process includes a team fit conversation, a practical take-home coding exercise, a live coding technical interview, and a culture-add interview.
Benefits include flexible working arrangements, private health coverage, retirement savings plans, employee referral bonuses, office meals and snacks (at select locations), and sustainable commuting schemes.
REQUIREMENTS:
Essential:
- 3+ years of professional experience
- Strong, business-oriented engineer with modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ required)
- High degree of ownership and autonomy
- Good understanding of a modern PHP framework (Symfony or Laravel)
- Strong automated testing skills (unit, integration, functional, Behat)
- Keen desire to learn and contribute to a highly collaborative team
- Experience with Domain Driven Design
Desirable:
- Experience working on financial systems
- Experience with Message-Driven Systems and Event Sourcing
