Staff Software Engineer

• Work as a Technical Leader at Engine by Starling — with or without direct reports — leading multiple complex projects from inception through to production. • Take ownership of technical challenges critical to the business, shaping Engine's future capabilities including approach, tooling, automation, and architecture. • Collaborate with clients, solution architects, product owners, and engineers to deliver solutions for banks around the world. • Lead by example in your contributions to the codebase, setting a high bar for technical and coding excellence. • Hybrid role based in London, Manchester, Cardiff, or Southampton.

• Experience delivering change to critical systems in a distributed environment. • Highly proficient developer who maintains a high standard for technical and coding excellence through their own work. • Good understanding of DevOps practices. • Experience delivering complex outcomes across multiple domains and teams. • Comfortable working cross-functionally with technologists from other specialties and non-technical stakeholders. • Experience coaching and mentoring team members to upskill and develop them in their careers. • Track record of leading the technical delivery of large-scale projects to successful completion.

• Strong Java background, given it makes up the majority of Engine's backend codebase. • Familiarity with Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, or Grafana in a cloud-native environment. • Experience working in a SaaS organisation delivering technology to external banking clients or partners.

• Lead multiple complex projects from inception through to production as a technical leader. • Take ownership of technical challenges critical to Engine's success. • Identify where existing tooling, applications, or processes can be enhanced and deliver innovative change. • Collaborate with clients, solution architects, product owners, and other engineers to meet client goals. • Shape the future capabilities of Engine, including approach, tooling, automation, and architecture. • Contribute to the platform and internal tooling, building new features and products from scratch in a configurable way. • Coach and mentor team members, sharing knowledge and contributing to a strong learning culture.

• 33 days holiday including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you. • An extra day's holiday on your birthday. • Annual leave increases with length of service, with the option to buy or sell up to five extra days. • 16 hours paid volunteering time per year. • Salary sacrifice, company-enhanced pension scheme. • Life insurance at 4x salary and group income protection. • Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth, including mental health support and cancer care. • Generous family-friendly policies. • Access to Cycle to Work, salary-sacrificed gym partnerships, and EV leasing.

Engine by Starling is the SaaS business spun out of Starling Bank, offering the modern banking technology platform built to power Starling to banks and financial institutions worldwide. Engine is on a mission to help leading banks build rapid-growth businesses on its technology, drawing on deep banking expertise and best-in-class engineering.