Senior Software Engineer - Java - Engine by Starling
Starling Bank24 hours ago
Manchester, United Kingdom +2 moreSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead projects or functional areas within the Engine team and platform.
- Contribute to the banking platform and internal engineering tooling.
- Build configurable features and products from scratch.
- Own projects and collaborate with small, cross-functional teams.
- Share knowledge and contribute to the engineering learning culture.
Requirements
- Experience or aptitude in backend software engineering, with most backend development conducted in Java.
- Interest in building tooling used by engineers on a daily basis.
- Commitment to clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing, and continuous deployment.
- Ability to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems; experience with the full listed stack is not required.
Benefits
- Hybrid working with a preference for being within commuting distance of the offices.
- 33 days of holiday including public holidays, plus an additional birthday holiday.
- Annual leave increases with length of service, with the option to buy or sell up to five extra days.
- 16 hours of paid volunteering time annually.
- Salary sacrifice and a company-enhanced pension scheme.
- Life insurance at four times salary and group income protection.
- Private medical insurance through VitalityHealth, including mental health support and cancer care.
- Generous family-friendly policies and a referral incentive scheme.
- Perkbox membership, Cycle to Work, salary-sacrificed gym partnerships, and electric vehicle leasing.
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About Starling Bank
Starling Bank is a UK digital bank offering personal and business current accounts, savings, cards, and lending through a mobile-first platform. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in London, it holds a UK banking licence and is privately held. It also commercialises its core technology as Engine by Starling, a SaaS platform that provides banking infrastructure to banks and financial institutions internationally.