Overview

At Engine by Starling, we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks worldwide who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses on our technology. Engine is Starling’s SaaS business, built to power Starling and split out as a separate business.

We are an engineering‑led company and value curiosity, learning, and cross‑discipline collaboration. Our purpose is underpinned by five values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness. We offer a hybrid work approach and prefer that you are located within a commutable distance of one of our offices to enable in-person collaboration.

As a Platform Engineer at Engine, you will help build and scale our cloud‑native banking platform across multiple global cloud providers and regions. We are seeking engineers with a strong SRE mindset who own the entire software delivery pipeline and build internal tooling to empower our technology teams in production.

Our interview process is conversational and designed to help both sides learn about fit and capabilities.

What you’ll get to do

• Building and Scaling Cloud Infrastructure: Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure across multiple providers (including GCP) and regions for scalability, reliability, and security
• Building on Google Cloud: Contribute to the core Engine on Google Cloud Platform using Java and Kubernetes
• Scaling SaaS Release Tooling: Improve multi-tenant, multi-region SaaS release and CI/CD 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 in Golang to enforce compliance and security controls
• Driving Efficiency: Optimize performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of the cloud environment
• Embracing Automation: Identify and implement automation to minimize manual processes
• Ensuring Security: Implement robust security practices to protect platform and customer data
• Championing Best Practices: Stay updated on SRE practices and deployment automation; share knowledge with the team
• Maintaining Compliance: Contribute to adherence to ISO27001, SOC2, and PCI-DSS
• Collaborating and Learning: Work with cross‑functional teams and contribute to a learning culture
• Aiming for Greatness: Maintain curiosity and a drive for excellence
• Documenting Solutions: Design and document scalable internal tooling clearly
• Taking Ownership: Own features and improvements across their lifecycle
• On-Call Option: Optional participation in on-call rota to gain insights into platform behavior

Your place within the team will depend on your strengths and interests.

Requirements

We are open-minded about hiring; aptitude and attitude matter more than specific qualifications. For this role, we are looking for some additional skills. If you prefer Java-only roles, check out other Software Engineer roles.

What Skills Are Essential

• Proven experience as a Site Reliability Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or similar role
• Strong proficiency in Golang and/or Java; willingness to learn the other language
• Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes
• Experience with Terraform or other IaC tools
• Strong SRE principles: monitoring, alerting, incident management, capacity planning
• Automation focus and desire to minimize manual tasks
• Experience with building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Proactive, continuous learning mindset
• Ability to design and document technical solutions effectively

What Skills Are Desirable

• Experience with other cloud providers (especially AWS)
• Contributions to open-source projects
• Experience with databases, particularly Postgres
• Observability and monitoring experience, with database performance tuning and disaster recovery knowledge
• Familiarity with ISO27001, SOC2, PCI-DSS is a plus

Our Interview Process

Interviews are two-way; come prepared with questions. Typical steps include an engineer chat, a take-home technical task, a technical interview, and a final interview with leadership.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays)
• Extra day off for your birthday
• Leave increases with service; option to buy or sell up to five extra days
• 16 hours paid volunteering time per year
• Salary sacrifice, enhanced pension, life insurance, and income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth; partner discounts
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Referral incentives and employee perks
• Cycle to Work, gym, EV leasing, and other wellness programs

About Us

Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all candidates without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or other protected characteristics. By applying, you consent to our Privacy Notice describing how we collect and process personal data for recruiting purposes.