About the role
Why are we hiring in South Africa?
We are looking to diversify our engineering team internationally and are looking for permanent employees who currently live and work in the Cape Town area. The role will be predominantly remote with quarterly visits to London (paid for by us). We even have an amazing VP of Engineering based in Cape Town who will organise regular get-togethers and team meet-ups. You will be employed via an EOR set up, which will cover all your employment needs.
We’re looking for a well-rounded PHP engineer who knows the ropes of modern PHP development, while Symfony is their go-to framework. This team is tasked with the future of credit at Lendable and tackles some of the toughest and most challenging credit markets globally - across the UK, US and Latin America.
There’s much to do, from security-first API integrations with fraud detection and asset management systems, repurposing in-house-built credit card systems for new markets, integrating with developing underwriting models and third-party reporting automation to identifying the value of collected data and leveraging it for better credit decisions.
Our Tech Stack
> Backend
> Latest PHP
> Latest Symfony
> AWS
> PostgreSQL
> RabbitMQ
> Docker
> Kubernetes
Frontend
> React, TypeScript, MobX, Redux, Stylus and SASS
AI
> Greptile
> CodeRabbit
> Co-pilot
Other
> ArgoCD 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
Experience in Finance or related industry (5+ years)
Track record in developing with modern PHP standards
Good familiarity with code quality tools from the likes of PHPStan, Psalm, PHPArkitect and others
Deep understanding of testing techniques with PHPUnit and Behat
Data-oriented mindset
Enthusiastic about AI and how to leverage AI tools to improve development’s speed and quality
Being a self-starter and naturally looking to unblock themselves before reaching out to others; A person with critical thinking who collaborates with our non-engineering colleagues and refines the actual product with them.
Our culture
We are a high-performing, fast-paced, and people-centric company! :)
We are strong advocates for Women in Tech, with 12% of our team being women, and we’re committed to increasing diversity through active initiatives.
Scaled the entire engineering team from 25 (2021) to 142 (today).
Engineering values on top of our company values.(Teamwork, Resilience, Excellence, and Kindness)
We want people to be challenged, creative and have autonomy in their roles!
Interview process
A quick phone call with one of the team
A coding exercise to complete in your own time
Interviews:
Discuss the exercise you completed with two software engineers
Meet the team you’ll work with daily
