Software Engineer, Starling Bank
Identity & FinCrime
1-5 days a week in office
Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts
Be an early applicant
Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
Anne Boden founded Starling with a clear goal: to build a bank that would help you manage your money, all from one app. Their vision is to give everyone clarity and control over their money so they have the opportunity to enjoy a healthy financial life.
Role
Who you are
- We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. We are very open about how we deliver software
- For the most part we code in Java, but you need not be an expert when you join us! We believe in clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing and continuous deployment. If you care enough to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems, we’d love to hear from you
- The main part of our Tech Stack is listed below, we don't ask that you have experience in all of this, but if you do, that's great!
- Java, which makes up the majority of our backend codebase
- AWS & GCP - we're cloud-native
- Microservice based architecture
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- TeamCity for CI / CD (lots of teams are releasing code 15-20 times per day!)
- Terraform and Grafana
What the job involves
- We are looking for engineers at all levels to join the team
- We value people being engaged and caring about customers, caring about the code they write and the contribution they make to Starling
- People with a broad ability to apply themselves to a multitude of problems and challenges, who can work across teams do great things here at Starling, to continue changing banking for good
- We're looking for passionate and driven engineers to join our Customer Identity & Fincrime team
- This is a fantastic opportunity to learn from experienced engineers, contribute to critical projects, and develop your skills in a rapidly evolving FinTech environment
- You'll gain hands-on experience with Java, AWS, Postgres and other parts of our tech stack and have the chance to make a real impact on our security and customer experience
- We're committed to your growth and will provide mentorship and support to help you reach your full potential
- We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications
- We are very open about how we deliver software
- For the most part we code in Java, but you need not be an expert when you join us!
- We believe in clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing and continuous deployment
- If you care enough to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems, we’d love to hear from you
- The Customer Identity & Fincrime division is at the forefront of understanding who our customers are and protecting them and the company from financial crime while ensuring a seamless and secure customer experience
- We build and maintain critical systems that verify identities, protect accounts, detect fraud, and prevent money laundering
- We work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment, offering a unique opportunity to learn and grow within the exciting world of FinTech
Application process
- Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you!
- Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious
- In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:
- Initial phone call - ~45 minutes
- Take home technical test
- Technical interview - ~1.5 hours
- Final Interview - ~40 minutes
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Starling started life focused on consumer banking, they have since found most of their success by competing in the business banking space. They’ve caught up with Tide and beaten the likes of Monzo and Revolut to a more complete offering for businesses.
This progress resulted in them receiving a £100m grant in April 2019 from a body created to boost competition in SME banking, which they're using to accelerate building a full suite of digital banking products: intelligent forecasting tools, and digitally-enabled relationship management functions as well as lending products.
As well as continuing to expand in the UK, they’re expanding in Europe. They’re imminently launching an international bank in Dublin, which will allow Starling to offer its current account across the European Union after Brexit.
Banking for small businesses has historically been ignored even though the experience is poor. Starling is in tune with knowing what their customers want, and they continue to build out their range of third-party products within its banking app thanks to support from its open API. They currently have 11 integrations, including Xero, but that figure continues to grow.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Apr 2022
$169m
LATE VC
Jun 2021
$45.4m
LATE VC
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
- An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off!
- 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
- Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
- Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
- Generous family-friendly policies
- Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
- Incentives refer a friend scheme
Company values
- Do the right thing
- Listen
- Aim for greatness
- Own it
- Keep it simple
Company HQ
Spitalfields, London, UK
Leadership
Anne Boden
(Founder)Held senior roles in finance over a 30 year career, including COO for AIB and Head of EMEA for RBS. Was CEO of the company for 9.5 years.
Raman Bhatia
(CEO)Previoulsy CEO of OVO, Board Member at Bud, Head of Digital Bank (UK) at HSBC and VP at HouseTrip, among other roles.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Starling Bank
Manuela Torrijos-Simon (Group Financial Controller)
- In the spirit of Aiming for Greatness and Doing the Right Thing, we want to be the bank with the best approach to Diversity and Inclusion
- The Always Open Forum at Starling empowers employees to come together and own their areas of interest, supporting their agenda both internally and externally
- The forum creates a safe space for conversations about all Diversity and Inclusion topics, with the spotlight currently on 3 focus areas; Race and Ethnicity, LGBTQ+ and Mental Health.
- We’re about to launch a new group to support Disability, and all of these teams help bring Starlings together to improve our workplace
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