Android Engineer, Engine by Starling

• We are looking for engineers at all levels to join the team
• We value people being engaged and caring about customers, caring about the code they write and the contribution they make to banking worldwide
• People with a broad ability to apply themselves to a multitude of problems and challenges, who can work across teams do great things here at Engine, to continue changing banking for good
• As a fully digital bank, we are looking for engineers that are able to understand and prioritise security when implementing new features, fixing bugs or making technical improvements, across all the layers
• Building SDKs that we plan to launch internationally can present some new challenges, so if you’ve ever had experience maintaining a library, contributing to OSS, or have dealt with Internationalisation we’d love to hear about it. If that’s all new to you, don’t worry, we’re learning too!

• Contribute to our award winning Android app 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
• You are empowered to make the decisions necessary for the project and to provide insight to the team leads
• You’ll also be working closely with other Android engineers with a variety of experience levels and interests, helping us improve and develop our Android app, CI automations and tooling
• You’ll be committing, reviewing and shipping new code right from the first week!
• As an Android engineer, you’ll report to and catch-up regularly with a mobile lead engineer who will support you on your journey in Engine
• We have a strong collaborative and open culture here so you’ll find support outside your team too
• Our team is designing, building and releasing new screens every day, for this reason we are interested in people with a particular focus on Accessibility along with writing clean and maintainable code
• 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 the code, shipping and maintaining it, 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 aim is to deliver stable, resilient and high quality code, that is why testing is another key quality we look for when expanding our team
• We use Espresso to write our UI/E2E Test and JUnit to write our Unit Tests across all layers of the application, as well as manually test all features before they go into production
• We also work closely with QA engineers to ensure we have an additional level of testing when working on complex feature delivery

• First interview: ~45 minutes
• Take home technical test (no time limit)
• Technical face to face: ~1.5 hours
• Final Interview: ~45 minutes

• 33 holiday days: Including public holidays which you can take when works for you
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner Benefits include discount with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peleton
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• 4x life insurance: Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Perkbox membership, giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday

Engine by Starling emerges as a solution to the age-old challenge plaguing traditional banking systems: outdated infrastructure. The banking landscape is littered with legacy systems, hindering innovation, agility, and customer-centricity. Engine steps in to disrupt this by offering a cloud-native banking platform.