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# Senior PHP Engineer

- **Company:** Lendable Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £39,717.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Automation of Tests, Laravel, PHP Development, Symfony, Event Sourcing, Domain Driven Design, Microservices
- **Published:** July 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5805889329

## About the Role

We're seeking passionate engineers who are excited to contribute and grow with us:

 * Strong, business oriented, engineer with modern PHP development experience (PHP 8.0+ is a must). You're fluent in the latest PHP features and best practices.
 * A solid grasp of a modern PHP framework like Symfony or Laravel.
 * Experience with Domain Driven Design, Message-Driven Systems, and Event Sourcing is a significant plus.
 * Familiarity with microservices architecture and working on financial systems is a bonus.
 * Excellent automated testing skills (unit, integration, functional) - you believe in quality code.
 * A genuine desire to learn, collaborate, and contribute your ideas within a highly collaborative team.
 * High degree of ownership and autonomy
 * Experience in a cross-functional environment is a plus, but not essential.

## Description

We value your time and have designed an efficient process to get to know you:

 1. A quick chat with one of our team to see if the role is a good match.
 2. 15- minute cognitive assessment and a practical take-home coding exercise for you to showcase your coding skills.
 3. A technical interview to discuss your coding exercise and dive deeper into your skills.
 4. A culture-add interview to assess how you'd thrive within our team and organisation.

Life at Lendable

 * Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world's most successful fintech companies
 * Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites
 * Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls
 * Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover
 * Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans
 * Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members
 * Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations
 * Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations


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