Platform Engineer

Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing: faster, cheaper, and friendlier. 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

   Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo

   Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

   What's the job

   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.

   There’s a lot to do, from building and integrating new APIs to further improving the customer journey and optimising the lending platform to deep architectural discussions.

   Zable is on an exciting growth journey and we need an extra Platform engineer to help define and be part of our plans to grow the business forward.

   Our Tech Stack

   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

What we’re looking for

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


If you love building resilient systems at scale and want to make a real impact, we’d love to meet you.

Interview process

• 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

  Life at Lendable

  • 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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