Starling

Starling is looking for highly motivated engineers to join their Payment Schemes team. With a primary focus on Java, you will play a key role in building and maintaining systems for payment integrations to ensure stability and accuracy. Your work will help in delivering mission-critical services, working within a cloud-native environment, and integrating with third-party payment systems. Experience in AWS and Postgres is highly desirable alongside an attention to detail and a passion for coding.

Hybrid Working We 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. Engineering Environment Starling engineers are excited about helping us deliver new features, regardless of what their primary tech stack may be. Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech. Position Overview We're seeking highly motivated engineers with at least 5 years of Java experience to play a key role in our Payment Schemes team. You will build and maintain the systems responsible for Starling's payment integrations ensuring system stability and accuracy. We're looking for engineers who have excellent attention to detail and can write clear, concise and maintainable code. You should have a strong understanding of delivering robust, scalable systems and a proven track record of engineering excellence. Experience with AWS and Postgres is highly desirable. For the most part we code in Java. 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. Tech Stack Java (makes up the majority of our backend codebase) AWS & GCP (we're cloud-native) Distributed service-based architecture Kubernetes (EKS) TeamCity for CI/CD (lots of teams are releasing code 15-20 times per day!) Terraform and Grafana The Team The Payment Schemes team sits at the edge of the bank, integrating with third party systems that power instant, scheduled, and cross border payments. Our team focuses on correctness and system stability while ensuring that new features, improved reliability, and mandated changes are delivered. When a customer sends a payment, we're the team that ensures that the payment is handled properly. We own Starling's integrations with Faster Payments, BACS, and our SWIFT connectivity, to mention just a few. This is a unique opportunity to work on some of Starling's mission critical services. 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 Equal Opportunity Employer Starling is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

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, we are in this together! 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 Working We 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. Our Engineering Environment Starling engineers are excited about helping us deliver new features, regardless of what their primary tech stack may be. Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech. 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're seeking a highly motivated and experienced engineer to play a key role in our Customer Service Engineering Group. You should have a strong understanding of delivering robust and scalable code, applying best practices, and a proven track record of delivering high-quality software. Experience with AWS and Postgres is highly desirable. 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, and though we are looking for someone with at least 5 years of commercial experience with Java, you need not be an expert! 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. The main part of our 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 Postgres AWS & GCP - we're cloud-native Distributed service based architecture Kubernetes (EKS) TeamCity for CI / CD (lots of teams are releasing code 15-20 times per day!) Terraform and Grafana The team The Customer Service Engineering group is all about making things better for our customers. We use the latest tech to build solid solutions that let customers help themselves, easily find out what the bank offers, and give our Operations teams the best tools to help customers quickly and effectively. Join us and help us create easy-to-use tools and ensure every support interaction is quick, helpful, and effective for millions of customers. Our 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 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 About us You 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 is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

Hello, we're Starling. We are proud to be the first British bank founded by a woman, Anne Boden. 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 are deeply committed to closing the gender gap in technology; from our partnership with Code First Girls to our internal 'With Women' and 'Embrace' networks, we actively champion diverse women in tech. 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, we are in this together! 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. About the role Our Technology Operations team is the first line of support for Starling Group, both internally for our colleagues and externally for our technology partners. We look after all the technical queries in our primarily Apple Mac estate that our employees and external partners raise on a daily basis, supporting the critical infrastructure of the bank, alongside the day to day needs of our teams. In this role, you'll get the opportunity to really understand the core functionality of the bank, working closely with our internal teams and key suppliers. It's very important to us at Starling that staff have the best possible experience with the technology they use on a daily basis. We deploy primarily Macs but also have some Windows PC's in the estate, supplemented by a number of SaaS applications. Our computers are managed by a combination of Jamf and Intune, and sit on our Meraki network. We have zero physical infrastructure on site barring networking, so you won't find Active Directory here. Externally, we support the relationships we have with key suppliers, payment schemes and banking partners; triaging and escalating as needed. As a Technology Operations Analyst, you'll be the face of support for technology for all staff at the bank, assisting with hybrid support for our colleagues and external partners, whilst sharing solutions that improve technology outcomes for all. Responsibilities Provide first line technology support/security issues raised via Slack, email and face-to-face interactions. Facilitate onboarding training for new employees, ensuring staff have access to equipment, software and services to work efficiently. Help the team manage asset inventory, procurement, repairs, auditing and licensing. Provision computer hardware from returned stock. Arrange collection of leaver hardware. Perform daily office equipment checks, ensuring all conference rooms and display TVs are fully functional. Assist with hybrid support for colleagues and external partners, while sharing solutions to improve technology outcomes for all. Qualifications Knowledge and experience supporting either macOS or Windows. Adept at coping in a technically complex and fast changing environment. Interest in and suitable understanding of Starling's technology. Exposure to incident management processes is beneficial. Experience in operational support of suppliers and outsourced vendors is beneficial. Work Hours & Benefits We enable our customers to manage their money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Whenever they need us, we will be there. As such, we are looking for people who can commit to 37.5 hours a week between 7am-10pm Monday to Sunday. 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 Incentives refer a friend scheme 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 About Us You 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 & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

Hello, we're Starling. We are proud to be the first British bank founded by a woman, Anne Boden. 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 are deeply committed to closing the gender gap in technology; from our partnership with Code First Girls to our internal 'With Women' and 'Embrace' networks, we actively champion diverse women in tech. 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, we are in this together! 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. About the role Our Technology Operations team is the first line of support for Starling Group, both internally for our colleagues and externally for our technology partners. We look after all the technical queries in our primarily Apple Mac estate that our employees and external partners raise on a daily basis, supporting the critical infrastructure of the bank, alongside the day to day needs of our teams. In this role, you'll get the opportunity to really understand the core functionality of the bank, working closely with our internal teams and key suppliers. It's very important to us at Starling that staff have the best possible experience with the technology they use on a daily basis. We deploy primarily Macs but also have some Windows PC's in the estate, supplemented by a number of SaaS applications. Our computers are managed by a combination of Jamf and Intune, and sit on our Meraki network. We have zero physical infrastructure on site barring networking, so you won't find Active Directory here. Externally, we support the relationships we have with key suppliers, payment schemes and banking partners; triaging and escalating as needed. As a Technology Operations Analyst, you'll be the face of support for technology for all staff at the bank, assisting with hybrid support for our colleagues and external partners, whilst sharing solutions that improve technology outcomes for all. You also will: Provide 1st line technology support/security issues raised in Slack, email and face-to-face office interactions. Facilitate onboarding training for new employees: ensuring staff have access to the equipment, software and services they need to work efficiently. Help the team to manage asset inventory, procurement, repairs, auditing and licensing. Computer hardware provisioning from returned stock. Arrange collection of leavers hardware. Perform daily office equipment checks, ensuring all conference rooms are fully functional at the start of each day. Check display TVs are working properly. Knowledge and experience of supporting either macOS or Windows is a must. Adept at coping in a technically complex and fast-changing environment An interest in and suitable understanding of Starling's technology. Exposure to incident management processes is beneficial. Provide 1st line technology support/security issues raised in Slack, email and face-to-face office interactions. Facilitate onboarding training for new employees: ensuring staff have access to the equipment, software and services they need to work efficiently. Helping the team to manage asset inventory, procurement, repairs, auditing and licensing. Computer hardware provisioning from returned stock. Arranging collection of leavers hardware. Experience in operational support of suppliers and outsourced vendors is beneficial. We enable our customers to manage their money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Whenever they need us, we will be there. As such, we are looking for people who can commit to 37.5 hours a week between 7am-10pm Monday to Sunday. 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 Incentives refer a friend scheme 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 About Us You 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 & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Starling Bank may collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we may process, where we may process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.