Senior PHP Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior PHP Engineer (PHP/Symfony): Building and optimizing lending platforms and APIs for the US Loans team with an accent on high-scale financial systems and architectural integrity. Focus on implementing Domain Driven Design, event sourcing, and ensuring system reliability through comprehensive automatic testing.

Location: Remote (Must be based in the US)

Company

hirify.global is a profitable fintech unicorn focused on rebuilding consumer finance products like loans and credit cards for the UK and US markets.

What you will do

• Build and integrate new APIs to enhance the customer journey.
• Optimize lending platforms for performance and scalability.
• Participate in deep architectural discussions to evolve the system.
• Collaborate with a large engineering organization of over 200 specialists.
• Maintain high code quality through unit, integration, and functional testing.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with PHP.
• Proficiency in modern PHP (8.0+) and frameworks like Symfony or Laravel.
• Must be based in the US to work with the US Loans team.
• Strong skills in automatic testing (PHPUnit, Behat).
• High degree of ownership and autonomy in a product-driven environment.

Nice to have

• Experience with Domain Driven Design (DDD), Message-Driven Systems, and Event Sourcing.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and financial systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Best-in-class compensation package including equity.
• Private health insurance for physical and mental well-being.
• Inclusive and open workspace culture.
• Opportunity to scale a successful fintech unicorn.

Hiring process

• Initial screening chat.
• Practical take-home coding exercise.
• Technical interview to discuss the exercise.
• Culture-add interview.