Senior PHP Engineer - Build Scalable Fintech APIs (Remote)

Lendable

Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

10 days ago
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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.

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