Senior PHP Engineer

Company

Description:

Profitable unicorn fintech scale-up.

Location: London, UK or Remote.

Join an eighty-person engineering team to rebuild core consumer finance products from the ground up. You will own problems end-to-end, building and integrating APIs on a high-scale lending platform. This hands‑on role offers real influence over technical decisions through design forums as the company expands its market reach globally.

• Work at a profitable unicorn backed by top‑tier global venture capital firms.
• Impact millions of customers by delivering financial products in minutes instead of days.
• High‑performance culture with continuous deployment, in‑house chefs, and a low‑ego environment.

• Develop and scale backend services using PHP 8, Symfony, and AWS.
• Participate in collaborative design forums to influence technical architecture and strategy.
• Implement robust automated testing and domain‑driven design patterns across the platform.

• Extensive commercial experience with modern PHP (8.0+) and Symfony frameworks.
• Deep understanding of microservices, message‑driven systems, and event sourcing.
• Pragmatic, business‑oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and autonomy.