Senior PHP Engineer - Cape Town, South Africa

  • Cape Town - Remote
  • Contract
  • Engineering
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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 

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About Lendable

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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 400 people

  • Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK

  • Profitable since 2017

  • Backed by top investors including OTPP, 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.

Join us if you want to

  • 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 one

  • 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

Life at Lendable

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  • 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 we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas

  • Our in-house chefs prepare fresh, healthy lunches 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 keen to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London

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