Associate Product Manager, Engine by Starling
Engine by Starling
1+ day a week in office
Digital banking platform
Posted today
Digital banking platform
201-500 employees
Posted today
1+ day a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To radically reshape banking in markets around the world – sharing the best-in-class digital banking platform we’ve built.
Role
Who you are
- Professional Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in a product, engineering, data, business analysis, or highly analytical role, ideally within a fast-paced environment
- Eager Learner: A massive appetite for learning, listening, and growing within an organisation that is constantly expanding (Great to have)
- FinTech Exposure: Prior experience or a strong baseline understanding of FinTech, or a regulated banking/lending environment (Nice to have)
- Technical Foundation: An engineering background, technical experience, or deep technical curiosity (Nice to have)
- Adaptable Core: A background or mindset that thrives on flexibility; you are excited about starting in Core Banking (ledgers and accounting) and eventually moving into payments, savings, or lending as the business evolves
- Execution Track Record: Experience managing your own time effectively, meeting deadlines, and delivering well-scoped tasks with some guidance
- Educational Foundation: A relevant bachelor’s degree (or equivalent educational background) with a foundation in Maths or STEM subjects, would be desirable
- Navigating Ambiguity: You are entirely comfortable working in an environment where the starting point is clear but the long-term path is undefined. You stay grounded through shifting priorities, view an evolving landscape as a learning opportunity, and thrive within a flat structure
- Backlog & Ticket Management: You can write clean, detailed, and unambiguous user stories and requirements issues with explicit acceptance criteria
- Technical Literacy: You understand the basic architectural stack of a product area (e.g., frontend vs. backend, what an API does) and enjoy getting into the technical details with engineers
- Basic Data Analysis: You are competent with (or ready to quickly master) product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog,...) to track feature usage and leverage quantitative data alongside user feedback to make small-scale trade-offs
- Clear Communication & Stakeholder Management: You can clearly explain the "what", "how", and "why" behind the immediate feature backlog to your engineering and design triad, and you confidently flag blockers early to your manager
- Active Listening & Coachability: You place a heavy focus on self-development; you actively seek out feedback, take structured notes, and demonstrate visible behavioural changes based on input
- Dependability & Handling Ambiguity: You are highly dependable, deliver assigned tasks on time, and remain comfortable navigating ambiguity within a flat, fast-moving team structure
- You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway
What the job involves
- This role isn't a standard, fixed-domain position; it is the launchpad for a career-defining journey
- You will start your journey in Core Banking, learning the absolute guts of a bank, including ledgers and accounting
- As you master these fundamentals and our organisation continues to scale, you will need the flexibility to pivot and support other domains, such as payments, savings, and lending, to meet business needs
- We know exactly where this journey starts, but we don't know where it ends
- If you are highly adaptable, love to learn, and want to understand how a modern bank truly functions from the inside out, this role is for you
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:
- 45 minutes with someone from the product team
- 1 hour with two more people from the team, including our Technical Product Director
- 45 minutes with two members of the senior leadership team
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Engine by Starling emerges as a solution to the age-old challenge plaguing traditional banking systems: outdated infrastructure. The banking landscape is littered with legacy systems, hindering innovation, agility, and customer-centricity. Engine steps in to disrupt this by offering a cloud-native banking platform.
Firstly, it provides a suite of technology that forms the backbone of digital banking, enabling clients to pick solutions tailored to their needs. Secondly, Engine adopts a Software as a Service (SaaS) model, diverging from conventional banking strategies. This move democratises access to cutting-edge banking technology, cutting through geographical barriers and fostering global financial inclusivity.
Engine's trajectory is poised for expansion and dominance in the financial technology arena, with the CEO claiming it can be bigger than Starling. As it continues to catalyse digital transformation across traditional banking institutions, Engine is set to become a pivotal player in the industry.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
74% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 🏖️ 33 holiday days: Including public holidays which you can take when works for you
- 👨👩👦 Generous family-friendly policies
- 🏥 Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner Benefits include discount with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peleton
- 🚗 Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
- 🎗️ 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
- 👵🏽 Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme (10%)
- 🛟 4x life insurance: Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
- 😋 Perkbox membership, giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
- 🎂 An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
- 🌍 Work from anywhere policy
Company values
- 👂 Listen: We listen to each other and our clients – because everyone has something different to teach us, and diversity of thought makes our work better.
- 👑 Aim for greatness: In everything we do, we strive to deliver the best possible outcome. If something’s worth making, it’s worth making it great
- 💪 Own it: Smart people thrive when they’re given freedom. Our people like to get their hands dirty, figure things out and take ownership
- ⚖️ Keep it simple: There’s beauty (and speed) in simplicity. From the way we speak to the tech we build, we want to be simple and clear in everything we do
- ⚖️ Do the right thing: Ethics aren’t an afterthought – they’re our driving force. Doing what’s best for our communities and the planet is central to our mission
Company HQ
Bishopsgate
Articles
Leadership
Sam Everington
(CEO)Has worked at Starling for the past 7 years in various roles before becoming the CEO of Engine by Starling in 2022. Previously a Senior Consultant/Manager & Technical Architect at Alfa.
Tom Beresford
(Chief Technology Officer)Tom leads Engine’s technical and engineering team. Before Engine Tom helped build Starling’s engineering team, the bank’s transaction systems, payment integrations and the cloud native banking platform
Mariam Ogunbambi
(Chief Client Officer)Mariam leads the management and support of Engine’s clients. Previously, she delivered integrations to launch Apple Pay in Starling and Current Account Switch as well as leading the Card Payments Team
Araminta Russell
(Chief Delivery Officer)Araminta shapes our solution design and leads our implementation teams. Before this she led Starling’s delivery of strategic technology programmes such as cheque imaging, 3D secure and cash deposits.
People progressing
Having joined Starling in 2018 as a Senior Engineer, Tom progressed to run the Lending team at Starling before making the move to Engine as a Principal Engineer and is now an Engineering Director.
Mariam leads the management and support of Engine’s clients. Previously, she delivered integrations to launch Apple Pay in Starling and Current Account Switch as well as leading the Card Payments Team
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Engine by Starling
Jake Pedlingham (Senior Talent Parter)
- We write job descriptions as inclusively as we can to ensure that no one from any group feels excluded; all are welcome to apply to Engine!
- We work closely with Women in Tech to help with our Gender Diversity: https://www.womenintech.co.uk/employers-hiring/starling-bank/
- We work with Diversifying group to ensure that all areas of diversity feel like they can apply to come and work at Engine: https://www.diversifying.io/employers/3736457-engine-by-starling
- We have partnered with Code First Girls as both Starling and Engine by Starling, welcoming over 20 career-switching women to the team over the past 4 years https://www.starlingbank.com/blog/code-first-girls-how-to-kick-start-your-career-in-tech/
- We partner with other groups such as Empower (Women In Tech), FutureCodeHers, HuddleHive where we host or sponsor events and meet ups
- Internally, we have an employee network called Always Open, made up of 5 groups, Bend the Bank (LGBTQ+), Embrace (Race and Ethnicity), Mental Health Positive (Mental Health), United Abilities (Disability) and With Women (Women)
- https://www.starlingbank.com/about/ethics-statement/
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