Java Software Engineer - Finance and Accounting

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way.

We're a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We're a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. 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. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be, innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do.

Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business, we are in this together!

The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you:
From building things, designing, discovering, to sharing knowledge with your colleagues and making sure all processes are efficient and productive to deliver the best possible results for our customers. Our purpose is underpinned by five Starling values:
Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.

Starling engineers are excited about helping us deliver new features, regardless of what their primary tech stack may be. Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech.

We value people being engaged and caring about customers, caring about the code they write and the contribution they make to Starling. People with a broad ability to apply themselves to a multitude of problems and challenges, who can work across teams do great things here at Starling, to continue changing banking for good.

We're seeking highly motivated engineers with around 3-4 years of Java experience to play a key role in our Finance Engineering team. You will take part in writing and supporting key financial systems such as the bank's ledgers and the systems that integrate with them.

We're looking for engineers who have good attention to detail and can write clear, concise and maintainable code. You should have a good understanding of the lifecycle of a project and be able to engage in this process with internal stakeholders, as well as experience in designing systems to solve problems. Experience with Postgres is highly desirable, and any experience with Netsuite would be a bonus.

We're open-minded when it comes to hiring; we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific qualifications. We code mostly in Java, with some Type Script, but you need not be an expert when you join us! We care about the quality and resilience of the systems we build, and if you're motivated to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems, we'd love to hear from you.

The main part of our Tech Stack is listed below. We don't ask that you have experience in all of this, but if you do, that's great!

• Java (makes up the majority of our backend codebase)
• Postgres
• AWS & GCP (we're cloud-native)
• Distributed service-based architecture
• Kubernetes (EKS)
• Team City for CI/CD (we release our changes frequently throughout the day!)
• Terraform and Grafana

The Finance Engineering team sits at the core of the bank, and is responsible for the correct accounting of every transaction that passes through the bank's systems. Our team focuses on correctness and accuracy of transactions, on recording the underlying story of money as it moves, and on supporting and automating the complex financial processes that take place behind the scenes.

We work directly with the treasurers and accountants that allow the bank to thrive, and with every project and system within the bank that has financial impact. This is a unique opportunity to work with some of Starling's mission-critical services and products.

Interviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to…