Data Platform Engineer

• Lead the design and implementation of Starling's cloud-native Warehouse and Machine Learning platforms, ensuring they are robust, secure, and scalable. • Work across AWS and GCP, improving existing tooling and implementing new integrations between environments. • Dive deep into Kubernetes — leveraging Operators and Helm to automate complex data workflows and build out kube-native data and AI architecture. • Use Terraform to manage and define the entire data infrastructure through code. • Hybrid role, with a minimum of one day per week in one of Starling's offices: London, Southampton, Cardiff, Manchester, or Dublin.

• Solid understanding and practical experience with Kubernetes, specifically working with Operators and Helm to manage complex application lifecycles. • Proficient in Python or Java, with a focus on writing clean, efficient infrastructure code. • Comfortable working in at least one major cloud provider — AWS or GCP — and understands how to get the best out of their managed services. • Able to optimise and refine current data infrastructure and deploy greenfield kube-native OSS projects.

• Experience with SQL-based transformation workflows, specifically using dbt within BigQuery. • Familiarity with streaming and ingestion technologies like Kafka or Debezium. • Background in Linux administration or data management best practices.

• Lead the design and implementation of cloud-native Warehouse and Machine Learning platforms. • Leverage Kubernetes Operators and Helm to automate complex data workflows and platform management. • Improve existing tooling and implement seamless integrations between AWS and GCP environments. • Use Terraform to manage and define the entire data infrastructure as code, ensuring reproducibility and transparency across the stack.

• 25 days holiday plus public holidays taken whenever 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.

Starling Bank is the UK's first and leading digital bank, on a mission to fix banking. Built on modern technology and a disruptive mindset, Starling is a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving tech company — fairer, easier to use, and designed to demystify money for everyone. Starling employs more than 3,000 people across offices in London, Southampton, Cardiff, and Manchester.