Senior PHP Engineer

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working approach

Private health cover

Retirement and savings plans

Employee referral programme

Social events and off-sites

Sustainable commuting schemes

Job summary

Lendable is seeking a skilled PHP engineer to build and integrate APIs that elevate the customer journey on our lending platform. You will work within a fast-moving fintech environment, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate with a large engineering community to shape the product roadmap.

Ideal candidates have strong PHP 8+ experience, familiarity with Symfony or Laravel, and a solid track record in automated testing. Ownership and autonomy are essential in this role.

Qualifications

• Strong modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+).
• Proficiency with modern PHP frameworks such as Symfony or Laravel.
• Excellent automated testing skills (unit, integration, functional).
• High degree of ownership and autonomy.
• Experience with Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems, or Event Sourcing is a significant plus.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and financial systems is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Build and integrate new APIs to elevate the customer journey
• Optimize cutting-edge lending platforms
• Engage in deep architectural discussions to shape the future of products
• Innovate within a vibrant engineering community of over 200 talented engineers

Skills

PHP development

Automated testing

Ownership & autonomy

Microservices

Domain Driven Design

Event Sourcing

Tools

Symfony

Laravel

Job description

About the Company

Lendable is a leading fintech unicorn on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We have rebuilt major consumer finance products from scratch and are expanding rapidly across the UK and US markets.

Responsibilities

• Build and integrate new APIs to elevate the customer journey
• Optimize cutting-edge lending platforms
• Engage in deep architectural discussions to shape the future of products
• Innovate within a vibrant engineering community of over 200 talented engineers

Requirements

• Strong modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ is a must)
• Proficiency with modern PHP frameworks such as Symfony or Laravel
• Excellent automated testing skills (unit, integration, functional)
• High degree of ownership and autonomy
• Experience with Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems, or Event Sourcing is a significant plus
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and financial systems is a bonus

Benefits

• Flexible working approach
• Private health cover
• Retirement and savings plans
• Employee referral programme
• Social events and off-sites
• Sustainable commuting schemes