Platform Engineer - Engine

Overview

Engine by Starling is a hybrid-work, platform-focused engineering team building and operating a cloud-native banking platform across multiple global providers and regions. We value curiosity, ownership, and a first-principles approach to delivering scalable, secure infrastructure and tooling that powers our software delivery pipeline.

• Building and Scaling Cloud Infrastructure:
  Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure across multiple providers (including Google Cloud Platform) and regions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Building on Google Cloud:
  Contribute to the build-out and optimisation of our core Engine on Google Cloud Platform using Java and Kubernetes.
• Scaling SaaS Release Tooling:
  Enhance and improve multi-tenant, multi-region SaaS release and continuous deployment systems using Java, Golang, and Terraform.
• Empowering Developers:
  Develop and maintain internal tooling to improve developer experience and on-call efficiency.
• Automating Compliance and Security:
  Build automation solutions to enforce compliance and security controls across the platform.
• Driving Efficiency:
  Optimise performance and reliability with a focus on cost-effectiveness.
• Embracing Automation:
  Identify and implement automation opportunities to reduce manual processes.
• Ensuring Security:
  Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect platform and customer data.
• Championing Best Practices:
  Stay abreast of new technologies and SRE practices, sharing knowledge with the team.
• Maintaining Compliance:
  Contribute to ensuring the platform adheres to standards such as ISO
  27001, SOC2, and PCI-DSS.
• Collaborating and Learning:
  Work with cross-functional teams and contribute to a learning culture.
• Aiming for Greatness:
  Maintain a curious and proactive mindset and strive for excellence.
• Documenting Solutions:
  Design and document scalable internal tooling clearly and comprehensively.
• Taking Ownership:
  Own features and improvements throughout their lifecycle.
• Participate in on-call:
  Optional on-call rota to gain insights into platform behavior.

We are open-minded about background; aptitude and attitude are valued. For this role, additional skills include:

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, Dev Ops Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar.
• Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Java (ability to pick up the other is welcome).
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes.
• Experience with Terraform or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools.
• Deep understanding of SRE principles (monitoring, incident management, capacity planning).
• Strong focus on automation and reducing manual tasks.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills; strong collaboration and communication.
• Proactive, continuous learning mindset; ability to design and document technical solutions.

• Experience with other cloud providers (e.g., AWS).
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Experience with databases such as Postgres.
• Observability and monitoring experience with database monitoring, disaster recovery, and performance tuning.
• Familiarity with ISO
  27001, SOC2, PCI-DSS compliance as a plus.

Our interviews are conversational and two-way; come with questions and be curious. Typical stages: initial interview with an engineer, take-home technical task, technical interview, final interview with CTO/deputy CTO.

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays), extra day off for your birthday, and options to buy/sell up to five days.
• 16 hours paid volunteering time per year.
• Salary sacrifice, company-enhanced pension, life insurance, and income protection.
• Private Medical Insurance with Vitality Health, mental health support and cancer care; partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton.
• Generous family-friendly policies and refer-a-friend incentives.
• Perkbox membership with discounts and wellness benefits;
  Cycle to Work and EV initiatives.

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