Senior Platform Engineer
Second Front SystemsFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)
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The role requires 6–8 years in PHP, including 2–3 years scaling large platforms.
Essential skills include mastery of PHP 8.0+ and modern frameworks like Symfony or Laravel, proven experience designing and running distributed asynchronous systems, hands-on skills in auto-scaling infrastructure, and confidence with Domain-Driven Design, Event Sourcing, and automated testing.
The backend tech stack includes PHP 8, Symfony, AWS, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka, with tools like Jenkins, Github Actions, Behat, PHPUnit, Jest, Selenium, and Detox for CI/CD and testing.
The Zable Card Platform engineering pod consists of around 22 engineers including backend, frontend, and platform engineers, working alongside 150 talented engineers across the rest of the engineering function.
Lendable offers a culture of working in small teams of exceptional, relentlessly resourceful people who solve problems and find smarter solutions, with trust to take ownership and make decisions that drive material impact from day 1.
Provides credit lines for retirement contributions
Lendtable helps employees increase their long-term wealth by providing lines of credit for retirement and employee stock purchase plans (ESPP). This service allows employees to contribute to their 401(k) plans or ESPPs without reducing their take-home pay, enabling them to take full advantage of employer matching contributions. The application process is straightforward, and Lendtable earns revenue through fees on the credit extended. The company's goal is to maximize retirement savings for employees of large corporations while keeping their monthly budgets intact.