Security Engineer, Starling Bank

• We’re open-minded when it comes to hiring and we care more about aptitude and attitude than specific experience or qualifications. Below is an overview of experience that would be helpful:
• Knowledge of public IaaS technologies, in particular AWS and GCP
• Experience of working in a DevOps, SRE, Security Engineering and/or software development role
• Experience in programming in Python, Node.js and/or Java or Golang
• Good networking and associated protocol knowledge
• Experience of selecting, implementing, and maintaining security products and services
• A practical understanding of logical and (Linux) operating system security controls
• A genuine enthusiasm for identifying security problems and building solutions to them
• A Working knowledge of applied cryptographic techniques would be nice to have but not essential

• Our infrastructure spans across AWS, Google Cloud and our physical data centres to support our internal operations. You will work within the Security Engineering team to engineer and support the technical mechanisms that ensure that the bank's systems and data remain secure at all times
• Designing, building and maintaining internal security tools, controls and services
• Automating security processes and procedures
• Investigation, triage and management of security incidents as part of the Security Incident Response Team
• Evaluation, selection and implementation of security products and services
• Technical security review and analysis of proposed solutions to identify and define appropriate security controls and their configuration
• Contribution to Starling Security Architecture Design Decision Documentation; and
• Identifying current and emerging technology issues including security trends, vulnerabilities and threats

• First Interview - 45 minutes
• Take home technical test to be discussed in the Technical Interview
• Technical Interview - 60 minutes
• Final Interview - 45 minutes

• Time off: 25 days holiday, plus your birthday as an extra freebie. You can also opt out of bank holidays and take them when works for you!
• Health insurance: Private health insurance with Vitality Health, one of the UK's leading private medical insurers
• Pension scheme
• Paid volunteering leave: We encourage all our employees to give back. You can take up to 16 hours paid leave a year, specifically to help causes meaningful to you
• Gym & cycle to work schemes: We offer discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes through salary sacrifice
• Perkbox: For a wide range of retail, entertainment and leisure discounts (as well as cash back) at a huge variety of businesses

Total funding: $1.2bn

Starling started life focused on consumer banking, it has since found most of its success by competing in the business banking space. Its caught up with Tide and beaten the likes of Monzo and Revolut to a more complete offering for businesses.