Software Engineer, Starling Bank

Go / Infrastructure as Code, Security

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Java

Terraform

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior level

London

More information about location

1-5 days a week in office

Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts

Open for applications

Mobile-first bank offering personal, joint and business accounts

1001+ employees

FintechB2CB2BBankingPersonal financeLendingCredit cardsFinancial Services

Open for applications

Salary not provided

AWS

Kubernetes

GCP

Java

Terraform

Golang

Junior, Mid and Senior 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 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 have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is used by our engineers on a daily basis
We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications
Experience in programming in Golang
Knowledge of public cloud technologies, in particular AWS and GCP
Some experience of using IAC technologies such as Terraform and Kubernetes
Experience of working in any software development role; DevOps, SRE or Security Engineering experience is a nice to have
Some knowledge of certification management, mTLS and SCEP is a plus
A genuine enthusiasm for identifying security problems and building solutions to them

What the job involves

Our infrastructure spans across AWS, Google Cloud and our physical data centres to support our internal operations
You will work within the Security Engineering team to engineer and support the technical mechanisms that ensure that the bank's systems and data remain secure at all times
Designing, building and maintaining internal security tools, services and the infrastructure they run on
Helping the Security Team to automate security processes and procedures
Investigation, triage and management of security incidents
Contribution to Starling’s secure architecture design

Application process

Initial phone call - ~45 minutes
Take home technical test to be discussed in the technical interview - ~3 hours
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

Top investors

Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

43% female employees

40% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4.1)

Trustpilot (4.3)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 11 rounds)

Apr 2022

$164.9m

LATE VC

Jun 2021

$44.3m

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.

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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