Staff Infrastructure Engineer (AWS) - Engine by Starling

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, and is the technology that was built to power Starling. Engine was formed as a separate business in early 2024. 

Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, largely due to how we built our own modern technology from the ground up. This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that has helped Starling achieve success.

We draw upon our experience as knowledgeable bankers, and best in class technologists, to become the chosen option for these banks and preferred partners for leading consultancies.

As a company, everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves to help deliver great outcomes for our clients. We are an engineering led company and we’re looking for someone who will be excited by the potential for Engine’s technology to transform banking in different markets around the world.

Hybrid Working

We have a hybrid approach to working at Engine - 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. We don't like to mandate how much you visit the office and work from home, that's to be agreed upon between you and your manager, but as a guide we would like to see you in an office at least once or twice per week.

About Engineering at Engine by Starling

Platform engineering is something we are passionate about. We pride ourselves on delivering software in a reliable, scalable, reusable and maintainable manner. Our platform is expanding and with that brings new challenges to how we deliver our SaaS. All engineers are responsible for owning features from inception, through deployment, to running in production. Using a first principles approach, we aim to break down problems and implement solutions across every stage of that lifecycle. 

As an Engineer at Engine, you’ll be helping to build, scale and deploy our first in class cloud native banking platform to multiple cloud providers and regions globally. You will be encouraged to get involved in all areas of our platform. We value a multi-discipline approach to engineering and a culture that supports that. Some of the disciplines you will be exposed to include:

• Globally deployed cloud architectures
• Toolchain development
• Build and deployment systems
• Observability and reliability
• Runtime orchestration; Control and data planes
• SaaS API management and security
• Core java platform

We do not expect you to have experience in all of the above - we’re looking for curious individuals who like to work across multiple disciplines and see this as an opportunity to grow and learn about other areas.

Engine by 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 Blog or our case studies with Women in Tech.

Requirements

We're looking for an experienced Senior or Staff Infrastructure Engineer to join the Infrastructure team. You will be the technical lead of projects critical to the success of the business, and optionally be line manager of other members of the team. You will drive the team toward finding clean and simple yet scalable solutions to technical problems. The ideal candidate will have…

• Experience architecting, delivering and maintaining multiple complex AWS based infrastructure projects from design through to production
• Experience with a range of AWS services and have up to date knowledge about how they interact with each other
• A firm understanding of security concepts such as (M)TLS, secrets management, encryption, RBAC, etc
• Experience of service oriented architecture with containers, distributed systems and immutable infrastructure
• Been a key contributor to the remediation of production impacting incidents
• An understanding of how to design systems and processes that can meet future scaling requirements
• Contributed to achieving security and compliance certification with standards such as ISO270001, SOC2 and PCI-DSS
• Experience in reviewing code submitted by others, and changes proposed for release to production
• Worked in a zero-production-access environment and be an advocate for orchestrating all change through automation
• Experience writing Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, and automation using a scripting language such as Go
• Passion about building observable and reliable systems that impact the wider engineering organisation
• Ability to communicate clearly in a manner that is accessible to technical and non-technical Engine colleagues, and occasionally to clients

You will

• Take on responsibility for delivering large, complex and impactful projects covering multiple engineering domains
• Work with stakeholders to design hybrid-cloud systems - we use AWS and also co-locate Payment HSMs in physical data centres around the world
• Ensure the performance and reliability of cloud environments whilst being conscious of costs
• Be a champion of Engine’s standards and procedures throughout the rest of Technology
• Share knowledge with colleagues by writing technical documentation and leading training sessions
• Have a passion for learning new technologies, and keep up to date with industry trends

Benefits

• 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 is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• 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

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. 

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