Senior Java Engineer - Fintech Backend, Cloud & Scale

Starling; Greater London, Southampton, Manchester, Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical Insurance

Life insurance 4x salary

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Starling is seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Software Engineer to join our Customer Service Engineering Group in London. You will deliver robust, scalable backend services, primarily in Java, with a focus on cloud-native architectures and automation.

You’ll work within a hybrid model, collaborating across teams, applying best practices, and contributing to fast-paced delivery and ongoing innovation in fintech. A strong emphasis on quality and ownership is core to our culture.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of delivering robust and scalable code.
• Experience with AWS and Postgres is highly desirable.
• 7+ years of commercial Java experience, with clean coding and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver robust and scalable Java software.
• Apply best practices and automated testing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver features.

Skills

Java backend

7+ years Java

Cloud/AWS

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Tools

TeamCity

Terraform

Grafana

AWS

GCP

Postgres

Job description

Starling is seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Software Engineer to join our Customer Service Engineering Group in London. You will deliver robust, scalable backend services, primarily in Java, with a focus on cloud-native architectures and automation.

You’ll work within a hybrid model, collaborating across teams, applying best practices, and contributing to fast-paced delivery and ongoing innovation in fintech. A strong emphasis on quality and ownership is core to our culture.