Data Engineer - Data Infrastructure

Starling Bank; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative digital bank is seeking talented data professionals to join their dynamic team in Southampton. This role focuses on optimizing tools for data analysts and scientists, enhancing developer efficiency, and implementing cutting-edge solutions in both AWS and GCP. With a commitment to a hybrid work model, the bank fosters a collaborative culture where creativity and problem-solving thrive. The ideal candidate will have solid programming skills and a passion for transforming banking through technology. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to reshaping the financial landscape for the better.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Extra day off for birthday

Annual leave increases with service

Paid volunteering time

Company enhanced pension scheme

Life insurance at 4x salary

Private Medical Insurance

Generous family-friendly policies

Perkbox membership

Cycle to Work initiative

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of programming languages such as Python or Java.
• Solid understanding of SQL and relational databases.
• Proficiency with either AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Optimising and creating development aids for data analysts.
• Improve existing tooling and implement new tooling in AWS and GCP.
• Building out multi-cloud Analytics and Machine Learning use cases.

Skills

Python

Java

SQL

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Tools

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

BigQuery

DBT

Kafka

Debezium

Job description

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Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

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 Data Environment

Our Data teams are aligned to divisions covering the following Banking Services & Products, Customer Identity & Financial Crime and Data & ML Engineering. Our Data teams are excited about delivering meaningful and impactful insights to both the business and more importantly our customers. Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech.

We are looking for talented data professionals 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 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.

Responsibilities:

• Optimising and creating development aids for data analysts and data scientists, driving developer efficiency and best practices
• Improve existing tooling and implement new tooling in and between AWS and GCP
• Building out multi-cloud Analytics and Machine Learning use cases
  
  
  

Requirements

• Good knowledge of programming languages such as Python or Java
• Solid understanding and practical experience with SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
• Proficiency with either AWS or GCP
• Experience with Terraform to define and manage cloud infrastructure through code
  
  
  

Desirables:

• Experience in SQL-based transformation workflows, particularly using DBT in BigQuery
• Experience with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with streaming data ingestion technologies (Kafka, Debezium)
• Exposure to Data management and Linux admisntration
  
  
  

Interview process

Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious. In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:

• Stage 1 - 30 mins with one of the team
• Stage 2 - Take-home challenge
• Stage 3 - 60 mins technical interview with two team members
• Stage 4 - 45 min final with two data executives
  
  
  

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
  
  
  

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 will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

Seniority level

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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Job function

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  Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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