Java Software Engineer — Hybrid FinTech Finance Engineering

Starling Bank; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Starling is building a next-generation digital bank with a strong Java backend focus and a cloud-native, distributed architecture. The Finance Engineering team writes and supports key financial systems such as ledgers and the systems that integrate with them, delivering reliable services and accurate accounting.

We value engineers who write clean, maintainable code, collaborate across teams, and contribute to scalable solutions in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 3–4 years of Java experience in finance-related applications.
• Experience designing and maintaining financial systems and ledgers.
• Familiarity with Postgres and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain core financial systems and ledgers.
• Collaborate with treasury and accounting teams to ensure correctness of transactions.
• Build scalable, reliable services and maintainable code with a focus on quality.

Skills

Java

System design

Problem solving

Financial systems knowledge

Tools

Postgres

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

TeamCity

Terraform

Grafana

Job description

Starling is building a next-generation digital bank with a strong Java backend focus and a cloud-native, distributed architecture. The Finance Engineering team writes and supports key financial systems such as ledgers and the systems that integrate with them, delivering reliable services and accurate accounting.

We value engineers who write clean, maintainable code, collaborate across teams, and contribute to scalable solutions in a fast-paced fintech environment.