Overview
At Engine by Starling, we partner with leading banks worldwide to enable rapid growth using our technology. Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, developed to power Starling Bank and now offered to banks and financial institutions globally.
Our technologists are at the heart of Engine and work in a fast-paced environment focused on building new capabilities and disruptive fintech technology. We operate a flat structure to empower decision-making and collaboration is at the core of everything we do. You will be supported by your team and across the business; we are in this together.
To thrive at Engine, you should be a self-driven individual who takes ownership of building, designing, discovering, and sharing knowledge to ensure efficient and productive processes that deliver the best possible results for customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.
Hybrid Working: We have a hybrid approach and prefer team members to be located within a commutable distance of our offices to enable in-person collaboration.
About Engine by Starling: https://www.enginebystarling.com/
Role
We are looking for Backend Software Engineers to work on the Engine Platform, maintain existing features for banks around the world, and build new features from scratch that go beyond what Starling has released in the UK market.
What you’ll do
* Contribute to our award-winning platform and internal tooling
* Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way
* Share knowledge to contribute to our learning culture
* Own your projects and work in small teams across the bank to collaboratively deliver
* Aim for greatness in everything you do, staying curious and inquisitive
* Be part of a scaling team as we change banking for good
Requirements
We’re open-minded about hiring; we value aptitude and attitude over specific experience or qualifications. We typically code in Java, but you don’t need to be an expert when you join. We believe in clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing, and continuous deployment. If you care about elegant solutions to difficult technical problems, we’d love to hear from you.
We have built our entire banking platform in house, primarily in Java. We are looking for people who want to build tooling used by engineers daily. The main parts of our Backend Tech Stack include:
* Java (majority of backend codebase)
* AWS & GCP – cloud-native
* Microservice-based architecture
* Kubernetes (EKS)
* TeamCity for CI/CD (multiple production releases per day)
* Terraform and Grafana
Interview process
Interviewing is a two-way process. Our conversations aim to give you time to get to know us as much as we get to know you. The process is generally:
* Initial interview with an Engineer (45 minutes)
* Take-home technical test to discuss in the next interview
* Technical interview with Engineers (about 1.5 hours)
* Final interview with our CTO/deputy CTO (45 minutes)
Benefits
* 33 days holiday (including public holidays)
* Additional day off for your birthday
* Annual leave increases with length of service; buy or sell up to five extra days
* 16 hours paid volunteering time per year
* Salary sacrifice, company-enhanced pension scheme
* Life insurance (4x salary) and group income protection
* Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth (mental health support and cancer care); partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr & Mrs Smith, and Peloton
* Generous family-friendly policies
* Incentives such as refer-a-friend
* Perkbox with discounts, wellness platform, and weekly perks
* Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships, and Electric Vehicle leasing
About us
You may be put off applying if you don’t tick every box. We’re open to flexible working discussions where possible. We’re on a mission to reshape banking and value diverse backgrounds and experiences working together to solve problems. Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer; we do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, disability, military status, or any other protected characteristic.
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