Java Engineer

💖 Our perks 💖

• 25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years' service) pro rated, plus bank holidays.
• Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
• Health cash plan - via Simply Health for employees and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc.
• Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot.
• Life Assurance - 4 x annual salary - benefit funded by Oodle.
• Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office.
• Employee discounts – discounts for all major shops.
• 1 day volunteer day per year.
• Mental health care – 6 free counselling sessions via our EAP (Employee Assistance Programme).
• Paid sick leave – enhanced company sick pay.
• Enhanced family leave – we provide enhanced family leave for primary and secondary caregivers.

Location: London, Manchester or Oxford (Hybrid)

Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday – Friday (37.5h pw)

🚗 Oodle – who are we? 🚗

Our mission is to empower our customers by delivering simple experiences, straightforward lending products, and compassionate support, from application to final payment – and beyond. We finance cars, but more importantly we finance people. Over the past 6 years, we’ve supported tens of thousands of customers on their car buying journey. As an employer, your career is important to us. We’re committed to creating an environment where you can thrive as yourself. We celebrate diversity and inclusion, actively working to make sure every team member feels supported on their journey with us. Our Talent Development team is here to support your growth, providing opportunities for learning, development, and career progression.

🙌 The Role 🙌

Java Engineer at Oodle Car Finance. You’ll be central to designing and building Oodle’s backend services, harnessing our data, system APIs, and third-party integrations to deliver high-performing, scalable solutions. Become part of our talented new team, where you’ll help disrupt the market and build software trusted to process millions of pounds in loan applications every single day.

What you’ll need:

• Excellent knowledge of Java is required.
• Experience with Kotlin is a plus but not essential.
• Familiarity with Spring Boot or a similar framework.
• Good experience with microservices and API design.
• Experience with AWS (or other cloud providers), Docker and general devops practices.
• Good knowledge around architecting and developing solutions.
• A degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
• Great written and verbal communication skills.
• Capable of “rolling up your sleeves and getting your hands dirty.”
• Solid problem solving skills.

What you’ll do:

• Work on a variety of services to build and expose back-end functionality for front-end clients (mobile and web).
• Work closely with product managers and technical colleagues to provide API services.
• Support front-end developers to integrate into back-end services.
• Support new technical initiatives for the team to improve security, convenience, and reliability of our systems.
• Work with other teams and team leaders to build strong cross-team collaboration.
• Prototype and explore new technologies that could benefit the team and Oodle as a whole.
• Support code standards and practices.

What we’ll give you in return:

• A genuine opportunity to disrupt the car finance industry and help shape the future of how customers experience lending.
• The chance to work with a cutting-edge, cloud-native tech stack – modern Java, Kubernetes, GitHub, and a wide range of AWS services.
• Collaboration with an exceptional team and the opportunity to work alongside talented, passionate people across Oodle.

Hiring Process:

• Preliminary Interview (30 mins)
• Technical Interview (1 Hour)
• Final Interview (1 hour) with the hiring manager and a member of the team.

Our Values:

• Embrace being human – empathy and diversity make us stronger.
• Strive for awesome – it's awesome when we do better every day.
• Everyone's a builder – we're in this together and we win as a team.
• Bravely honest – we're honest with ourselves and everyone else.
• Think customer – they’re at the heart of everything we do.

Oodle is proud to be an inclusive workplace, and we recognise diversity of experience, thoughts and backgrounds leads to better customer outcomes and an environment where our colleagues can thrive. We have several DEI networks which are made up of our “Oodlers” who strive to make positive impacts to our cultures. We’d love if you could submit your application online, but if you need an alternative method or need reasonable adjustments to take part in the interview process, please email careers@oodlefinance.com.