Senior PHP Engineer - Build Scalable Fintech APIs (Remote)

Lendable; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement & savings

Office meals & snacks

Flexible hybrid work

Socials & events

Job summary

Lendable is seeking a Senior PHP Engineer to join its engineering organisation, delivering APIs, refining architecture, and driving initiatives across backend, frontend, mobile, and platform teams. You will contribute to modern fintech platforms, focusing on scalable, reliable systems built with PHP 8, Symfony or Laravel, and cloud-native tooling.

The role spans UK, US and international expansion product teams, offering hybrid working arrangements with in-office collaboration and remote options.

Qualifications

• Proficient in PHP 8+ with modern framework experience.
• Experience with Symfony or Laravel in production.
• Strong automated testing (unit/integration/functional).
• Able to work in a cross-functional, ownership‑driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement APIs to elevate the customer journey.
• Drive architectural discussions to shape product direction.
• Collaborate across backend, frontend, mobile and platform teams to deliver features.

Skills

PHP engineering

Automated testing

Cross-functional

Ownership

Learnability

Tools

Symfony

Laravel

PHP 8

AWS

PostgreSQL

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Behat

PHPUnit

Job description

Lendable is seeking a Senior PHP Engineer to join its engineering organisation, delivering APIs, refining architecture, and driving initiatives across backend, frontend, mobile, and platform teams. You will contribute to modern fintech platforms, focusing on scalable, reliable systems built with PHP 8, Symfony or Laravel, and cloud-native tooling.

The role spans UK, US and international expansion product teams, offering hybrid working arrangements with in-office collaboration and remote options.