Graduate Software Engineer 2025, Starling Bank
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1-5 days a week in office
Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts
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Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
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
- You will need to be a recent university graduate or be on track to achieve a degree in summer 2025. It is not essential to have a degree in Computer Science or a STEM subject, however, you must be able to demonstrate your ability to write quality code
- A keen interest in software engineering and desire to work in technology
- Excellent communication skills
- Proven ability to work in a team
- Curious, keen to learn and proactive
- You are open to and value feedback in order to improve
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Ready to start a full time position from 1st September 2025
What the job involves
- We’re hiring for a number of Graduate Software Engineers to join one of our super talented teams within our growing Engineering department. You’ll receive on-the-job training, and join a cohort of wider graduates within technology and the wider bank
- As a graduate working at Starling, we will help you learn and develop Software Engineering skills and expertise by getting you to work on real world problems our amazing team are solving on a daily basis!
- Starling is a tech-led company where you will solve challenges which could potentially affect millions of our customers whilst we build and run products that change the world for the better
- Contribute to our award-winning platform and internal tooling
- Build new features and products from scratch
- Be able to see the impact that your work has on the lives of our millions of customers
- Share your knowledge with those around you, contributing to our learning culture
- Own your projects, working 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 and organisation as we change banking for good
- At Starling, we use a variety of different tools and technologies to keep our app and business running smoothly. Whether you’re aiming to be front-end, back-end, or a bit of both - we have a host of things in our tech stack that you would have the opportunity to learn and work with. Here are some examples:
- Languages: Java, JS/TS, Swift, Kotlin
- Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, TeamCity, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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
- Applications will close on 31st December 2024
- If selected, there will be a One-way Video Screen - we'll send you some questions for you to record your responses which will be looking at your fit for the team, interest in the role and Starling
- If you pass the Video Screen, we will send you the Take-home Tech Test (which is not timed) - this can be solved in any language you are comfortable with
- If you pass the Tech Test, there will be a Technical Video Interview (1.5 hours)
- Lastly, if you pass the Tech Interview, there will be a Final Video Interview with one of our Engineering Directors
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
43% female employees
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)
Apr 2022
$165.3m
LATE VC
Jun 2021
$44.4m
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.
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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