Software Engineer

OppFi is a leading tech-enabled digital finance platform that works with banks to provide financial products and services for everyday Americans. Through a transparent and responsible platform, which includes financial inclusion and excellent customer experience, the Company supports consumers who are turned away by mainstream options to build better financial health.

We are a team of caring, innovative, and inclusive individuals who thrive in being immersed in diverse talents, expertise, perspectives, and backgrounds. Our employees approach every new challenge with an unparalleled ability to see what could be rather than settle for what is. Our business principles guide us and create an open and collaborative culture where we improve 1% every day, and the best ideas always win! We welcome individuals who want to make an impact in the financial system by facilitating credit access, expanding financial inclusion, promoting financial health, and delivering exceptional customer service.

A few other fun facts about us. OppFi is one of the top consumer-rated financial platforms online, maintaining a 4.4/5.0-star rating on Trustpilot. We are a 2025 Crain’s Fast 50™ company and were named on Built In's 2026 Best Places to Work in Chicago.

About the job:

As a Software Engineer I, you will help develop our applications and services for our product portfolio. Specifically, you will enhance, improve, develop, and maintain back-end services used across our entire technology platform. 

What you get to do:

• Contribute to the development of our product portfolio, built with Java, Docker, Amazon Web Services, and PostgreSQL.
• Collaborate with business and technical professionals across the organization in an Agile framework to ensure technical systems are well-designed.
• Perform code reviews, unit testing, assist in integration testing, documenting and implementing software best practices.
• Continue to learn new tools and languages. We take development seriously! Our team manages our own internal training, with budgets for classes, conferences, books and materials….we want you to grow your skills with us.

What you will bring to the team:

• Experience interpreting and refining our technical issues into relevant implementable requirements, to be delivered as a large-scale project from concept to production.
• At least 1 year of Java or similar experience.
• 1+ years of experience developing systems with Amazon Web Services technologies; ECS/EKS experience a big plus.
• 1+ years of experience with Test-driven Development (TDD).
• 1+ years of experience building Restful APIs and consuming 3rd party APIs.
• Experience with Event Driven Development and Domain Driven Design are a plus if you have it.