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, and two years ago we split out as a separate business.
Starling has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have 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 achieve Starling's 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.
Hybrid Working
We have a Hybrid approach to working here 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.
About the role
This role isn't a standard, fixed-domain position; it is the launchpad for a career-defining journey. You will start your journey in Core Banking, learning the absolute guts of a bank, including ledgers and accounting. As you master these fundamentals and our organisation continues to scale, you will need the flexibility to pivot and support other domains, such as payments, savings, and lending, to meet business needs.
We know exactly where this journey starts, but we don't know where it ends. If you are highly adaptable, love to learn, and want to understand how a modern bank truly functions from the inside out, this role is for you.
Hear more from the team in some case studies, below, and our work with Women In Tech.
- Product in Practice
Requirements
- Professional Experience: Minimum of 2 years of experience in a product, engineering, data, business analysis, or highly analytical role, ideally within a fast-paced environment.
- Eager Learner: A massive appetite for learning, listening, and growing within an organisation that is constantly expanding (Great to have).
- FinTech Exposure: Prior experience or a strong baseline understanding of FinTech, or a regulated banking/lending environment (Nice to have).
- Technical Foundation: An engineering background, technical experience, or deep technical curiosity (Nice to have).
- Adaptable Core: A background or mindset that thrives on flexibility; you are excited about starting in Core Banking (ledgers and accounting) and eventually moving into payments, savings, or lending as the business evolves.
- Execution Track Record: Experience managing your own time effectively, meeting deadlines, and delivering well-scoped tasks with some guidance.
- Educational Foundation: A relevant bachelor’s degree (or equivalent educational background) with a foundation in Maths or STEM subjects, would be desirable
Your skills
- Navigating Ambiguity: You are entirely comfortable working in an environment where the starting point is clear but the long-term path is undefined. You stay grounded through shifting priorities, view an evolving landscape as a learning opportunity, and thrive within a flat structure.
- Backlog & Ticket Management: You can write clean, detailed, and unambiguous user stories and requirements issues with explicit acceptance criteria.
- Technical Literacy: You understand the basic architectural stack of a product area (e.g., frontend vs. backend, what an API does) and enjoy getting into the technical details with engineers.
- Basic Data Analysis: You are competent with (or ready to quickly master) product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog,...) to track feature usage and leverage quantitative data alongside user feedback to make small-scale trade-offs.
- Clear Communication & Stakeholder Management: You can clearly explain the "what", "how", and "why" behind the immediate feature backlog to your engineering and design triad, and you confidently flag blockers early to your manager.
- Active Listening & Coachability: You place a heavy focus on self-development; you actively seek out feedback, take structured notes, and demonstrate visible behavioural changes based on input.
- Dependability & Handling Ambiguity: You are highly dependable, deliver assigned tasks on time, and remain comfortable navigating ambiguity within a flat, fast-moving team structure.
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:
- 45 minutes with someone from the product team.
- 1 hour with two more people from the team, including our Technical Product Director.
- 45 minutes with two members of the senior leadership team.
This role will close for applications on Tue 23rd June.
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
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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Skills Required
- Minimum 2 years experience in product, engineering, data, business analysis, or highly analytical role
- Eager learner with appetite for continuous learning and growth
- Prior FinTech experience or baseline understanding of regulated banking/lending environments
- Engineering background, technical experience, or deep technical curiosity
- Willingness to start in Core Banking (ledgers and accounting) and pivot across domains
- Proven ability to manage time, meet deadlines, and deliver well-scoped tasks with guidance
- Relevant bachelor's degree (or equivalent) with foundation in Maths or STEM
- Ability to write clean, detailed, unambiguous user stories and requirements with acceptance criteria
- Technical literacy (understand frontend vs backend, APIs, and product architecture)
- Basic data analysis competency with product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, PostHog) or readiness to learn quickly
- Clear communication and stakeholder management; explain what, how, and why to engineering and design triad
- Active listening, coachability, and focus on self-development
- Dependability and comfort handling ambiguity in a fast-moving, flat team structure
What We Do
Hello, we’re Starling. Banking was broken – so we decided to fix it. The vision? Fast technology, fair service and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time. We built Britain’s first digital bank. One hard-won banking licence later, we set about giving people a new way to spend, save and manage their money (and take better care of the planet, too). We’re changing banking for good. Back then, we were obsessed with unravelling the knotty world of finance and solving people’s problems rather than selling them stuff. We still are. Since then, we’ve grown. A lot. Over three million accounts (and four account types!). A team of thousands. Headquartered in London with offices in Cardiff, Dublin, Manchester and Southampton. Five years voted Which? Recommended Provider and Britain's Best Banking Brand. Still zero branches. Our culture is open, inclusive and focused on solving real customer problems, with an emphasis on doing the right thing, even when it’s not always the easy thing. From our approach to working together and sustainability to how we build our products, our decisions need to make the world – and Starling – a better place to be. Everyone at Starling is essential to our mission, which is really quite simple: to solve our customer’s problems – and build the best bank in the world! And now we're providing Starling to other banks, via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) proposition through our subsidiary Engine, using the proprietary technology platform that it uses to power our own bank.
