Engine by Starling is on a mission to partner with leading banks worldwide to build rapid growth businesses on our technology.
Engine is Starling's SaaS business, the technology that powers Starling. Two years ago we split out as a separate business.
Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, thanks to our modern, in-house built technology. The SaaS platform is now available to banks and financial institutions globally, enabling them to benefit from innovative digital features and efficient back office processes.
Hybrid Working
We have a hybrid approach to working here at Engine. Our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so we can interact and collaborate in person.
About Engineering at Engine by Starling
The Cross Cutting Engineering team is the backbone of our innovation. We build and maintain the reliable, scalable, and maintainable infrastructure and tooling that powers our entire software delivery pipeline-from the first line of code to seamless production deployment and ongoing operations. We own the lifecycle of our features, tackling complex challenges with a first principles approach and fostering a multi disciplinary environment where you're encouraged to explore and contribute across the platform.
Platform Engineer
As a Platform Engineer at Engine, you'll be at the forefront of building and scaling our cutting edge cloud native banking platform across multiple global cloud providers and regions. We are looking for engineers with a strong SRE mindset, who embrace ownership of the entire software delivery pipeline, and are passionate about building internal tooling that empowers our technology teams.
What you'll get to do
- Building and Scaling Cloud Infrastructure: design, build, and maintain our cloud infrastructure across multiple providers (including GCP) and regions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
- Building on Google Cloud: contribute to the build out and optimisation of our core "Engine" on Google Cloud Platform using Java and Kubernetes.
- Scaling our SaaS Release Tooling: enhance and improve our multi tenant, multi region SaaS release and continuous deployment systems using Java, Golang, and Terraform.
- Empowering Developers: develop and maintain internal tooling using Java and Golang to improve developer experience and on call efficiency.
- Automating Compliance and Security: build automation solutions in Golang to enforce compliance and security controls across our platform.
- Driving Efficiency: optimise the performance and reliability of our cloud environment with a strong focus on cost effectiveness.
- Embracing Automation: identify and implement automation opportunities to minimise manual processes across the platform lifecycle.
- Ensuring Security: implement and maintain robust security practices to protect our platform and customer data.
- Championing Best Practices: stay abreast of new technologies and industry changes, particularly in SRE practices and deployment automation, and share your knowledge with the team.
- Maintaining Compliance: contribute to ensuring our platform adheres to relevant industry standards such as ISO27001, SOC2, and PCI DSS.
- Collaborating and Learning: work closely with cross functional teams, share your expertise, and contribute to our vibrant learning culture.
- Aiming for Greatness: strive for excellence in everything you do, maintaining a curious and inquisitive mindset.
- Documenting Solutions: design and document scalable internal tooling clearly and comprehensively.
- Taking Ownership: own features and improvements throughout their entire lifecycle.
- Participate in on call: the option to join our on call rota (not mandatory!) to deal with interesting technical issues and gain deep insights into our platform's behaviour.
Your place within the team will depend on your individual strengths and interests.