Engineering Manager

Oodle Finance; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance company in the UK is seeking an Engineering Manager for Pre-Funding to lead a team of software engineers. This role involves collaborating with product management, mentoring team members, and ensuring best practices in software development are adhered to. Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of hands-on experience in software engineering, especially in Java and/or Python, and knowledge of cloud technologies, preferably AWS. The company promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years)

Private Medical via Vitality

Health cash plan

5% pension contribution

Free breakfast, drinks, and fruit

Employee discounts

1 day volunteer day per year

Mental health care

Enhanced family leave

Paid sick leave

Qualifications

• At least 5 years as a hands-on software engineer, ideally with Java and/or Python.
• Experience leading a team of 5-10 software developers.
• Experience with cloud technologies, ideally AWS.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage an experienced team of software engineers.
• Collaborate with product management to plan a realistic roadmap.
• Ensure adherence to best practices in software development.

Skills

Leadership skills

Technical understanding of software engineering

Java proficiency

Python proficiency

AWS knowledge

Education

Qualification in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

• 🌏25 days holiday (rising to 28 after 3 years’ service) 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 health shield 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.
• 🥝Free breakfast,drinksand fruit in the office – you can help yourself to cereals, toast, fizzydrinksand 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. Since 2016, 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.

Engineering at Oodle

Oodle’s Product and Engineering department is divided into two main areas:

• The Pre-Funding area oversees the onboarding process for our customers. This involves the checks and procedures that are carried out prior to the disbursement of a car loan. Its focus is on verifying customer details, validating necessary documents, and ensuring that the application adheres to all lending and compliance standards. The objective is to mitigate risk and confirm that the loan can be securely approved and funded.
• On the other hand, post-funding represents Oodle’s most essential system, which manages the complete loan lifecycle, encompassing payments and direct debits. This area pertains to the actions that take place after the loan has been funded.

Supporting these functions are the Platform Engineering team, the Data team, and the information security team.

The primary technologies used are Salesforce, and a collection of microservices developed in either Java, or Python, all hosted on AWS.

The Role

The Engineering Manager for Pre-Funding will be reporting directly to the VP of Engineering. You will lead & manage an experienced team of onshore software engineers to deliver a stream of awesome software releases that deliver real business value.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product management to plan a realistic roadmap
• Lead, mentor, and develop your engineering teams; creating a collaborative and high‑performing culture
• Support the professional growth of your team members by having regular developmental conversations with them
• Own the architecture across the team and drive architectural alignment
• Manage the delicate balance between the need to deliver business value with the need to continuously improve the architecture and reduce tech debt
• In collaboration with the product managers, own agile ceremonies, and play a key role in the overall product governance processes
• Ensure the team adheres to best practices in software development, including continuous improvement of engineering processes and tools to improve code quality and shift‑left on testing, security, monitoring and deployment
• Provide guidance on complex technical issues and assist with problem‑solving
• Continuously evaluate and improve engineering processes and tools

Qualifications

• An ability to combine technical skills with leadership
• Experience leading and line‑managing a team of 5‑10 software developers
• At least 5 years as a hands‑on software engineer; ideally with Java and/or Python
• Experience with Salesforce is not essential but would certainly be helpful
• Have experience of cloud technologies (ideally AWS)
• A qualification in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field, or equal industry experience

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

We are proud to be an inclusive workplace, and we recognise that 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 culture.