Senior Software Engineer - Engine by Starling

At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world that have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses on our technology. Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling, and two years ago we split out as a separate business. Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have built our own modern technology from the ground up. This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that have helped achieve Starling's success.

As a company, everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves to help deliver great outcomes for our clients. We are an engineering‑led company and we’re looking for people who will be excited by the potential for Engine’s technology to transform banking in different markets around the world. Our purpose is underpinned by five values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Hybrid Working
We have a hybrid approach to working here at Engine – our preference is that you’re located within a commutable distance of our offices so that we can interact and collaborate in person.

About Engineering at Engine by Starling
We’re looking for Backend Software Engineers to work on the Engine Platform and make our existing features work for banks all over the world as well as building new features from scratch that Starling hasn’t released in the UK market. Engine by Starling 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 can make to banking around the world. 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 Engine, to continue changing banking for good.

As a Senior Engineer you will
Have the opportunity to lead projects or functional areas/domains within the Engine team and platform.

As an Engineer you will
Contribute to our award‑winning platform and internal tooling.
Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way.
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.

Requirements
We’re open‑minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. We are very open about how we deliver software. For the most part we code in Java, but you need not be an expert when you join us! 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. 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.

Backend Tech Stack
The main part of our Backend Tech Stack is listed below, we don't ask that you have experience in all of this, but if you do, that's great!
Java, which makes up the majority of our backend codebase.
AWS.