Frontend Engineer

About The Company

Starling Bank is the UK's pioneering digital bank dedicated to transforming the way people manage their finances. As the first fully licensed UK digital bank, Starling combines innovative technology with a customer-centric approach to deliver a seamless banking experience. With a focus on fairness, simplicity, and transparency, Starling aims to demystify banking for everyone, making financial management accessible and straightforward. The company employs over 3,000 professionals across offices in London, Southampton, Cardiff, and Manchester, fostering a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Starling's culture encourages innovation, agility, and ownership, empowering employees to contribute meaningfully to the company's mission of redefining banking for the digital age.

We are seeking a talented Frontend Engineer to join our Frontend Foundations team at Starling Bank. In this role, you will be instrumental in shaping the future of our browser-based banking application, the Online Bank. While our mobile app garners significant popularity, our browser platform offers a richer, more immersive banking experience that we are committed to enhancing. As part of our team, you will focus on building user-focused features that leverage the full capabilities of the web platform, ensuring our customers enjoy a seamless, accessible, and engaging digital banking experience.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of design, development, and user experience, contributing to a product that is used daily by thousands of customers across the UK.

The ideal candidate will possess a minimum of three years of commercial experience in web frontend development. Strong proficiency in core web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is essential, along with experience in API integration using REST or HTTP protocols. Familiarity with Type Script and modern component-based frameworks like React or similar is highly desirable. Candidates should demonstrate a solid understanding of testing methodologies, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, to ensure high-quality, maintainable code.

The ability to take ownership of projects from conception through to delivery, coupled with excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset, is crucial. Additional skills in web accessibility, backend JavaScript/Type Script, infrastructure management, and cloud services will be considered advantageous.

• Build with purpose by creating user-centric features that harness the web platform's full potential, ensuring a delightful user experience.
• Maintain and enhance shared tooling, design systems, and build pipelines to streamline development processes and uphold consistency across the platform.
• Deliver high-quality, maintainable code with comprehensive test coverage, supporting continuous integration and daily deployments.
• Collaborate closely with designers to develop accessible, visually appealing interfaces that perform flawlessly across devices and browsers.
• Engage in peer code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing to foster a collaborative engineering environment.

• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, plus the option to take public holidays when convenient.
• Additional day off for your birthday to celebrate your special day.
• Annual leave increases with length of service, with options to buy or sell up to five extra days annually.
• 16 hours of paid volunteering time per year to support community initiatives.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, enhanced company pension plans, and life insurance at four times your salary.
• Group income protection and private medical insurance with Vitality Health, including mental health support and cancer care.
• Partner discounts with brands like Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith, and Peloton, along with family-friendly policies.
• Access to Perkbox membership offering retail discounts, wellness resources, and weekly perks.
• Participation in initiatives such as Cycle to Work, gym partnerships, and electric vehicle leasing schemes.

Starling Bank is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our hiring practices are designed to consider candidates without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, disability, military service, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We believe that a diverse team drives innovation and excellence, and we strive to create an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered to contribute their best.