Staff Software Engineer - Engine by Starling
Starling Bankover 1 year ago
Manchester, United Kingdom +2 moreStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple complex projects from inception through to operation.
- Act as a technical leader with or without direct team-management responsibilities.
- Own technical challenges critical to business success and lead large-scale projects to completion.
- Build backend features, products, platform capabilities, and internal tooling.
- Improve existing tooling, applications, processes, automation, and architecture.
- Collaborate with clients, solution architects, product owners, engineers, and non-technical stakeholders.
- Contribute directly to the codebase and maintain a high standard of technical and coding excellence.
- Coach and mentor team members and contribute to the engineering learning culture.
Requirements
- Experience delivering changes to critical systems in distributed environments.
- Highly proficient software development skills and a strong standard of coding excellence.
- Experience delivering complex outcomes across multiple domains and teams.
- Experience leading technical delivery on large-scale projects.
- Experience coaching and mentoring engineers.
- Good understanding of DevOps practices.
- Willingness to work primarily with Java and learn or contribute across the broader technology stack.
- The company prioritizes aptitude and attitude and does not require specific qualifications or experience in every listed technology.
Benefits
- Hybrid working in London with a preference for being within commuting distance of an office.
- 33 days of holiday including public holidays, plus an extra day for the employee’s birthday.
- Annual leave increases with service, with the option to buy or sell up to five additional days.
- 16 hours of paid volunteering time per year.
- Salary sacrifice and a company-enhanced pension scheme.
- Life insurance at four times salary and group income protection.
- Private medical insurance with VitalityHealth, including mental health support and cancer care.
- Generous family-friendly policies and an employee referral incentive scheme.
- Perkbox membership, Cycle to Work, gym partnerships, and electric vehicle leasing options.
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