Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) - Engine by Starling

Starling Bank; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital bank is looking for an Engineer to help build and scale an advanced cloud-native platform. Responsibilities include designing secure infrastructure on AWS, implementing best practices, and collaborating within a cross-functional team. Ideal candidates should have experience with AWS, Terraform, and scripting languages. The position promotes innovative technology solutions while supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. This role offers a hybrid working model, competitive perks, and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

33 days holiday including public holidays

Private Medical Insurance

Salary sacrifice pension scheme

Generous family-friendly policies

Perkbox membership

Qualifications

• Experience architecting and engineering cloud infrastructure.
• Strong passion for building observable and reliable systems.
• Understanding of RESTful APIs and web technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, build and maintain secure and scalable infrastructure.
• Work with stakeholders to design hybrid-cloud systems.
• Implement security best practices ensuring platform compliance.

Skills

Experience with AWS services

Infrastructure as Code

Scripting with Golang or Python

Excellent communication

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Terraform

EKS

CI/CD tools

Job description

Overview

As an Engineer at Engine, you'll be helping to build, scale and deploy our first in class cloud native banking platform to multiple cloud providers and regions globally. You will be encouraged to get involved in all areas of our platform. We value a multi-discipline approach to engineering and a culture that supports that.

What you’ll get to do:

• Design, document, build and maintain secure, reliable & scalable infrastructure on AWS
• Take on a variety of projects and tasks covering multiple areas of engineering
• Work with stakeholders to design hybrid-cloud systems – we use AWS and also co-locate Payment HSMs in physical data centres around the world
• Ensure the performance and reliability of cloud environments whilst measuring cost-effectiveness
• Respond promptly in-hours to technical incidents
• Embrace automation and be reluctant for manual implementation
• Implement security best practices ensuring platform compliance with ISO27001, SOC2 and PCI-DSS
• Share knowledge with colleagues by writing technical documentation and leading training sessions

Ideal candidate

• Ideally you will be an inquisitive Infrastructure Engineer, with an aptitude for finding clean and simple solutions to technical problems. You will be passionate about building observable and reliable systems that impact the wider engineering organisation. The ideal candidate will have:
• Experience of architecting and engineering cloud infrastructure to support existing services and develop new ones
• Experience with AWS services including EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, EC2, ECS, S3, Route 53, Load Balancing and Direct Connect
• Experience of service oriented architecture with containers, distributed systems and immutable infrastructure
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and infrastructure provisioning tools, particularly Terraform
• Experience with observability software
• Experience with automation using a scripting language such as Golang or Python
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines
• Understanding concepts of RESTful APIs and web technologies such as API gateways
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills

Desirably you will have:

• Understanding of database monitoring, analysis, disaster recovery and performance tuning
• Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks like ISO27001, SOC2 and PCI-DSS
• Understanding of networking and routing concepts (TCP/IP, VLANs, VPNs, BGP, etc) and preferably experience designing and establishing connectivity between AWS and on-premise locations
• The ability to collaborate effectively in a cross-functional team
• Interest in learning new technologies

At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology.

Engine is Starling\'s software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling, and two years ago we split out as a separate business. Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have built our own modern technology from the ground up. This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that has helped achieve Starling\'s success. As a company, everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves to help deliver great outcomes for our clients. We are an engineering led company and we\'re looking for people who will be excited by the potential for Engine\'s technology to transform banking in different markets around the world. Our purpose is underpinned by five 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 Engine - 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. About Engineering at Engine by Starling Platform engineering is something we are passionate about. We pride ourselves on delivering software in a reliable, scalable, reusable and maintainable manner. Our platform is expanding and with that brings new challenges to how we deliver our SaaS. All engineers are responsible for owning features from inception, through deployment, to running in production. Using a first principles approach, we aim to break down problems and implement solutions across every stage of that lifecycle.

Note: you may be off-put by the length of the description; we encourage you to apply regardless of ticking every box. We are open to discussion on flexible working arrangements where possible. Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer, and we are proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. We do not discriminate based on 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. By submitting your application, you consent to the processing of your personal data for recruiting and related purposes as described in our Privacy Notice.

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it 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