Java Backend Engineer – Hybrid, Bank Tech Transformation

Starling; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday (including public)

Birthday day off

Pension scheme with salary sacrifice

Life insurance 4x salary

Private Medical Insurance with Vitaliy

Perkbox discounts

Cycle to Work / EV leasing

Generous family-friendly policies

Job summary

Engine by Starling is hiring Backend Software Engineers to help grow our platform for banks worldwide. You’ll work on the Engine Platform, building features from scratch and enhancing internal tooling in a collaborative, cross-bank team.

We value aptitude and attitude, not just formal qualifications, and offer a hybrid working model with opportunities to interact in person at our offices. If you care about elegant solutions and scalable systems, join us.

Qualifications

• Open-minded about hiring; focus on aptitude and attitude.
• Java backend is primary; strong coding discipline not required at join.
• Cloud-native platforms using AWS and GCP; microservices approach.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the award-winning platform and internal tooling.
• Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way.
• Share knowledge and contribute to the learning culture.

Skills

Aptitude and attitude

Tools

Java

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

TeamCity

Terraform

Grafana

Job description

Engine by Starling is hiring Backend Software Engineers to help grow our platform for banks worldwide. You’ll work on the Engine Platform, building features from scratch and enhancing internal tooling in a collaborative, cross-bank team.

We value aptitude and attitude, not just formal qualifications, and offer a hybrid working model with opportunities to interact in person at our offices. If you care about elegant solutions and scalable systems, join us.