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About Starling

Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff, and Manchester offices.

Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech.

Role Overview

We are looking for talented data professionals at all levels to join the team. We value people being engaged and caring about customers, the code they write, and the contribution they make to Starling.

Requirements

• Design REST APIs.
• Code backend services, ideally using Java, or another server-side compiled language.
• Develop modern front ends, ideally using React and Redux.
• Get their code into the cloud and support it there, ideally on AWS.
• Believe in clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing, and continuous deployment.
• Like to take ownership of a feature from the original idea through to live.
• Think (like us) that a small number of empowered developers is the right way to deliver software.

Company Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including flexible bank holidays)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Part-time and/or flexible hours available for most roles
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Varied social groups set up and run by our employees
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships, and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

Interview Process

Interviewing is a two-way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious.

• Stage 1 - 30 mins with one of the team
• Stage 2 - Take home challenge
• Stage 3 - 90 mins technical interview with two team members
• Stage 4 - 45 min final with an executive and a member of the people team

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