Platform Engineer

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 600 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)

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.

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 seeking a Senior Platform Engineer (PHP) to join our Zable Card Platform engineering pod. Our current team consists of around 22 engineers, including backend, frontend, and platform engineers. They work alongside 150 talented engineers across the rest of our engineering function.

In this role you will proactively hunt down and resolve performance bottlenecks by reimagining key system components to boost scalability and reliability. You'll evaluate platform risks around scalability and processing, enhance observability, and ensure smooth deployments across both production and non-production environments. If you love building resilient systems at scale and want to make a real impact, we’d love to meet you!

Backend

• PHP 8

• Symfony

• AWS

• MySQL

• RabbitMQ

• Docker

• Kubernetes

• Kafka

Other

• Jenkins and Github Actions - we deploy to production as soon as we finish a feature

• Behat, PHPUnit, Jest, Selenium and Detox for automated testing

We’re on the hunt for a PHP expert who thrives on scaling platforms, solving complex challenges, and shaping high-performance systems.

Essential

• 6–8 years in PHP, including 2–3 years scaling large platforms

• Mastery of PHP 8.0+ and modern frameworks (Symfony or Laravel)

• Proven experience designing and running distributed, asynchronous systems

• Hands-on skills in auto-scaling infrastructure & architecture

• Confidence with Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, and automated testing

• A collaborative mindset with a passion for learning and sharing knowledge
  

Desirable

• Experience with event-driven and message-driven systems

• Knowledge of microservices and Site Reliability Engineering

• Familiarity with AWS, observability tools, and CI/CD optimization

• Hands-on debugging skills at the infrastructure level

• Success working in cross-functional, fast-paced teams

• Phone call with one of the team

• Task - Coding exercise to complete in your own time and showcase your skills

• Technical Interview to discuss your solution to the coding exercise

• Systems Design Interview

• Culture-Add interview

• The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.

• Best-in-class compensation, including equity.

• You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days, those based in the UK come together IRL at our Shoreditch office in London to be together, build and exchange ideas.

• Enjoy a fully stocked kitchen with everything you need to whip up breakfast, lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office every Tuesday-Thursday.

• We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer coverage when it comes to private health insurance

• We're an equal-opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London

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