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Mid-Level Front End Developer

Manchester

Discretionary Company Bonus Scheme

Monday Friday (37.5 hours per week - hybrid)

• 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 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 to help you save for the future.
• 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.

Our mission is to be the UKs simplest way to find and finance a great value used car. We want to put car buyers back in control and make the car buying experience as simple straightforward and joyful as possible as car buyers deserve oodles of car buying confidence!

We are a team of 450 people located in Manchester Oxford and London. Over the past 6 years weve supported 10000s of customers on their car buying journey and know 2025 is shaping up to be another exciting year!

Were seeking a Mid-Level Frontend Developer who is passionate about building responsive maintainable and efficient user interfaces that integrate with Java-based backends. Youll work with a modern stack React GraphQL and TypeScript to deliver robust web applications. Youll also collaborate closely with backend DevOps and product teams to ensure smooth CI / CD and deployment processes.

Were looking for someone with strong analytical and problem-solving skills effective communication and collaboration abilities a passion for clean code design systems and continuous learning and who thrives in a fast-paced agile environment.

So why join us Join a team working with a modern cloud-native Java and reactive tech stack. Collaborate with talented engineers using React GraphQL TypeScript and DevOps tooling. Youll have the opportunity to shape architecture and deployment strategies with Terraform and Helm while enjoying competitive compensation great benefits and strong opportunities for professional growth.

• Develop and maintain responsive web applications using React and TypeScript.
• Integrate with GraphQL and RESTful APIs built on Java and reactive frameworks.
• Build and maintain middleware or tooling where needed to support frontend delivery.
• Implement reactive UI patterns using libraries such as RxJS.
• Collaborate with backend teams to optimize data flow and API contracts.
• Write clean modular and testable code with consistent adherence to standards.
• Work with CI / CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions GitLab CI or Jenkins) for automated builds tests and deployments.
• Contribute to frontend build processes and infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform Helm).
• Participate in code reviews agile ceremonies and product design discussions.
• Ensure cross-browser compatibility accessibility (WCAG) and performance optimization.

• 35 years of professional experience in frontend development.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript (ES6) and TypeScript.
• Experience with GraphQL (Apollo Client or similar).
• Familiarity with and Express for frontend build tools or middleware.
• Understanding of reactive programming concepts and RxJS (preferred).
• Experience integrating with backend microservices and reactive APIs (e.g. RSocket).
• Solid understanding of HTML5 CSS3 and pre-processors like SASS / LESS.
• Familiarity with CI / CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Basic knowledge of Terraform (infrastructure as code) and Helm (deployment strategy).
• Experience with version control (Git) and Agile development practices.
• Strong understanding of frontend testing tools (Jest React Testing Library Cypress or Playwright).

• Experience building Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
• Familiarity with containerized environments (Docker Kubernetes).
• Understanding of performance monitoring tools and best practices.
• Basic knowledge of Java and Spring Boot concepts for backend collaboration.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS GCP or Azure).

• Preliminary Interview (30 mins)
• Face to Face Interview (1 hr)
• Stakeholder Interview (45 mins)

Our values are our personal brand and lay the foundation of what we care about the most. They provide us with guidance so we can work towards the same goals. They are our DNA and are kept at the forefront of our Oodlers mind when making business decisions.

• Embrace being human empathy and diversity make us stronger.
• Strive for awesome its awesome when we do better every day.
• Everyones a builder were in this together and we win as a team.
• Bravely honest were honest with ourselves and everyone else.
• Think customer theyre 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.

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.

Wed 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 .

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Key Skills

Bootstrap,CSS,Front-End Development,HTML5,React,Redux,Node.js,Angular,Less,JavaScript,backbone.js,Sass

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1