Senior Backend Engineer (Java) for Scalable Banking

Starling Bank; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Cycle to Work

Pension Scheme

Perkbox membership

Job summary

Engine by Starling is expanding its backend engineering team and seeking engineers at all levels to build and scale features for banks worldwide. You will work on the Engine Platform, primarily in Java, with cloud-native infrastructure and microservice architectures.

We value practical coding, automated testing, and continuous deployment. The team collaborates across functions to deliver robust banking software and learning culture within a growing organization.

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with microservices and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects or functional areas within the Engine team and platform.
• Build and deliver features from scratch for banks globally.

Skills

Java

Cloud-native

Microservices

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

AWS

GCP

Tools

Jenkins

TeamCity

Grafana

Job description

Engine by Starling is expanding its backend engineering team and seeking engineers at all levels to build and scale features for banks worldwide. You will work on the Engine Platform, primarily in Java, with cloud-native infrastructure and microservice architectures.

We value practical coding, automated testing, and continuous deployment. The team collaborates across functions to deliver robust banking software and learning culture within a growing organization.