PHP Engineer

PHP Engineer 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 https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/lendable.co.uk) 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 1. 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 2. Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo 3. Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting We're looking for a Mid level PHP Engineer to join our US Loans team! Our engineering organisation is home to over 200 talented engineers across backend, frontend, mobile, and platform disciplines. You'll have the opportunity to work on everything from building and integrating new APIs to enhance the customer journey, to optimising our lending platforms, and engaging in deep architectural discussions. There's plenty to tackle, and we're excited to find the right people to take on the challenge WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR Essential - 3+ years experience - Strong, business oriented, engineer with modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ is a must) - High degree of ownership and autonomy - A good understanding of a modern PHP framework like Symfony or Laravel - Experience with Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems and Event Sourcing would be a plus - Strong automatic testing skills (unit, integration, functional, behat) Desirable - Experience working on financial systems - A keen desire to want to learn and input into a highly collaborative team 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 7, 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 INTERVIEW PROCESS We value your time and have designed an efficient process to get to know you: 1. A quick chat with one of our team to see if the role is a good match. 2. A practical take-home coding exercise for you to showcase your coding skills. 3. 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 - Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies - Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites - Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls - Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover - Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans - Employee referral programme: earn a competitive ... (truncated, view full listing at source)