Senior Software Engineer, Starling Bank

Identity & Financial Crime

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Java

Terraform

Grafana

Teamcity

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

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

FintechB2CB2BBankingPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Java

Terraform

Grafana

Teamcity

Senior and Expert level

London

More information about location

1-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BBankingPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

We're looking for passionate and driven engineers to join our Customer Identity & Fincrime team
We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications
For the most part we code in Java, but you need not be an expert when you join us!

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
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

Application process

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.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

43% female employees

40% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (4.2)

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

Articles

Meet the Team

Behind the Scenes

Women in Tech

The road to Starling

Change for good

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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