Staff Software Engineer (Team Lead)

Engine By Starling Limited; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in London is seeking a Staff Software Engineer (Team Lead) to guide high-performing teams in developing impactful solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong Java skills, experience in engineering leadership, and a passion for mentoring. This role offers a hybrid work model and an inclusive culture focused on innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

33 days holidays including public holidays

Annual leave options

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering teams.
• Ability to coach and mentor team members.
• Proficiency in developing solutions in a Java environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team.
• Drive multiple complex projects from inception to completion.
• Develop solutions efficiently and collaboratively.

Skills

Mentoring teams

System design

Java programming

DevOps practices

Architectural decision making

Tools

AWS

GCP

Terraform

TeamCity

Job description

Overview

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At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology. Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling Bank, and a year ago we split out as a separate business. Our technologists are at the very heart of Engine 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 Engine is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything around you: From building things, designing, and 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 values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Hybrid Working

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

As a Staff Engineer you will

• Coach, mentor, and grow a high-performing team, ensuring their well-being as they work on high-impact solutions that bring value to Engine and our customers.
• Have the opportunity to lead multiple complex projects from inception through to run
• Get hands-on when needed, using your strong system design skills to help the team make smart architectural decisions and unblock complex challenges.
• Take ownership of technical challenges critical to the success of the business
• Identify where existing tooling, applications, or processes can be enhanced and deliver innovative change
• Collaborate with clients, solution architects, product owners, and other engineers to help meet the client goals
• Obtain a wide and varied understanding of how banks operate around the world
• Shape the future capabilities of Engine, including our approach, tooling, automation and architecture
• Lead by example in your contributions to the codebase, setting a high bar for others to aim for
• Champion a healthy engineering culture built on continuous improvement, technical excellence, and a focus on the customer

As an Engineer you will

• Contribute to our award winning platform and internal tooling
• Build new features and products from scratch in a configurable way
• Share your knowledge with those around you, contributing to our learning culture
• Own your projects, working in small teams across the bank to collaboratively deliver
• Aim for greatness in everything you do, staying curious and inquisitive
• Be part of a scaling team and organisation as we change banking for good

Requirements

We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. We are very open about how we deliver software. For the most part we code in Java, but you need not be an expert when you join us! We believe in clean coding, simple solutions, automated testing and continuous deployment. If you care enough to find elegant solutions to difficult technical problems, we’d love to hear from you.

We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is used by our engineers on a daily basis.

Experience / Knowledge

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Delivering change to critical systems in a distributed environment
• Be a highly proficient developer, maintaining a high standard for technical and coding excellence in the collective, through your own work
• Good understanding of DevOps practices
• Delivering complex outcomes across multiple domains and teams
• Working cross-functionally with technologists from other specialties, and non-technical stakeholders across the business
• Coaching and mentoring members of a team to upskill and develop them in their career
• Leading the technical delivery on large scale projects to successful completion

Technical stack

The main part of our Backend 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, which makes up the majority of our backend codebase
• AWS & GCP - we\'re cloud-native
• Microservice based architecture
• TeamCity for CI / CD (with multiple production releases per day)
• Terraform and Grafana

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. In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team:

• Initial interview with a Staff or Principal Engineer - ~45 minutes
• Take home technical test to be discussed in the next interview
• Technical & Leadership interview with some Engineers - ~1.5 hours
• Final interview with our CTO / deputy CTO / Engineering Director / Principal Engineer ~45 minutes

Compensation and benefits include: 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you), an extra day’s holiday for your birthday, annual leave options, volunteering time, pension, life insurance, private medical insurance, and more. Details available on request.

About Us

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway. We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Engine by Starling are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

When you provide us with this information, you are doing so at your own consent, with full knowledge that we will process this personal data in accordance with our Privacy Notice. By submitting your application, you agree that Engine by Starling and Starling Bank will collect your personal data for recruiting and related purposes. Our Privacy Notice explains what personal information we will process, where we will process your personal information, its purposes for processing your personal information, and the rights you can exercise over our use of your personal information.

Seniority level & Employment type

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time

Job function & Industries

• Job function: Engineering, Information Technology, and Management
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Technology, Information and Media, and Banking

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