Senior PHP Engineer at £3.5bn valuation profitable fintech unicorn

Join an 80-strong engineering team rebuilding consumer finance from the ground up. You will own the development of core lending products using PHP 8 and Symfony, scaling systems that process millions in transactions. This role offers the chance to influence technical architecture through design forums while supporting a high-growth US expansion.

• Design and build scalable services using Domain-Driven Design and Event Sourcing to handle growing transaction volumes across loans and credit cards.
• Collaborate in frequent engineering design forums to translate complex financial requirements into clean, pragmatic technical solutions for the US market.
• Own features end-to-end, from architectural discussion to writing robust automated tests with Behat and PHPUnit and deploying via GitHub Actions.

• Possesses 5+ years of commercial PHP experience with deep expertise in PHP 8.0+ and modern frameworks like Symfony.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of Domain-Driven Design and building message-driven systems using tools like RabbitMQ.
• Thrives in high-autonomy environments, balancing technical excellence with a pragmatic, business-oriented approach to shipping software.

• Work for a rare "profitable unicorn" that has been in the black since 2017 and reached a £3.5bn valuation with backing from Tier-1 investors like Goldman Sachs.
• Experience true CI/CD with continuous deployment to production via ArgoCD and a modern stack featuring PHP 8, Kubernetes, and message-driven architectures.
• Enjoy premium perks including in-house chefs preparing fresh daily lunches and a high-trust culture that allows for full remote flexibility within the UK.