Staff Software Engineer & Team Lead - Architect & Coach

Starling; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday including public holidays

Extra day’s holiday for your birthday

Company-enhanced pension scheme

Private Medical Insurance with family-friendly policies

Referral incentives

Cycle to Work program

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in Southampton is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead and mentor a high-performing team in a hybrid working environment. The role emphasizes ownership of technical challenges and collaboration on critical projects. Ideal candidates will have strong Java skills and a proven track record in engineering leadership. An exciting opportunity to innovate and shape the future of banking technology.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Delivering change to critical systems in a distributed environment.
• High standard for technical and coding excellence.
• Good understanding of DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Coach, mentor, and grow a high-performing team.
• Lead multiple complex projects from inception through to run.
• Get hands-on, using strong system design skills.
• Shape the future capabilities of Engine.

Skills

Leading and mentoring engineering teams

Delivering change to critical systems

Proficient in Java

Understanding of DevOps practices

Coaching team members

Tools

Java

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

TeamCity

Job description

A leading financial technology firm in Southampton is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead and mentor a high-performing team in a hybrid working environment. The role emphasizes ownership of technical challenges and collaboration on critical projects. Ideal candidates will have strong Java skills and a proven track record in engineering leadership. An exciting opportunity to innovate and shape the future of banking technology.