Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way.We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be; innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business.The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you: from building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and making sure all processes are efficient and productive to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.Hybrid WorkingWe have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you''re located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we''re able to interact and collaborate in person. We don''t like to mandate how much you visit the office and work from home; that''s to be agreed upon between you and your manager.Our Engineering EnvironmentStarling engineers are excited about helping us deliver new features, regardless of what their primary tech stack may be. 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. 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.Our Tech Stack:Java, which makes up the majority of our backend codebaseAWS and GCP - we''re cloud-nativeMicroservice based architectureKubernetes (EKS)TeamCity for CI / CD (lots of teams are releasing code 15-20 times per day!)Terraform and GrafanaOur process:Initial phone call - -45 minutesTake home technical test to be discussed in the technical interview - -3 hoursTechnical interview - -1.5 hoursFinal Interview (normally done on the same day as the face to face) - -40 minutesBenefits:25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)An extra day’s holiday for your birthdayAnnual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off16 hours paid volunteering time a yearSalary sacrifice, company enhanced pension schemeLife insurance at 4x your salary and group income protectionPrivate Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, MrandMrs Smith and PelotonGenerous family-friendly policiesPerkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perksAccess to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasingAbout usYou 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. We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

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