* 25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) pro rated, plus bank holidays, to take time to recharge and do something you love.
* Private Medical - via vitality, with reward schemes paid for you and your family.
* Health cash plan - via Simply Health for employee's and children claiming money back for dental, optical, etc.
* Pension – Oodle will contribute 5% of your salary into your pension pot to help you save for the future.
* Life Assurance - 4 x annual salary – benefit funded by Oodle.
* Free breakfast, drinks and fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzy drinks and lots of fruit.
* Employee discounts – discounts you can access anywhere, anytime for all major shops.
* 1 day volunteer day per year – an opportunity to give back to the community each 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.
🚗 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.
Upgrading. Growing a family. Fresh starts. Big moves. Bumps in the road. - 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 that span the full
* 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.”
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.
* When required, 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
* Prototype and explore new technologies that could benefit the team and Oodle as a whole.
* Support code standards and practices.
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.
* 📲 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.
To find out more about our culture and what happens at Oodle check out our LinkedIn and Instagram.
Voluntary Self-Identification
We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process.
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As set forth in Oodle Finance’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.
If you believe you belong to any of the categories of protected veterans listed below, please indicate by making the appropriate selection. As a government contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA), we request this information in order to measure the effectiveness of the outreach and positive recruitment efforts we undertake pursuant to VEVRAA. Classification of protected categories is as follows:
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* A "recently separated veteran" means any veteran during the three‑year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
* An "active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran" means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
* An "armed forces service medal veteran" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.
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Form CC-305
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* Partial or complete paralysis (any cause)
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* Short stature (dwarfism)
* Traumatic brain injury
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