Starling Bank tech stack
Starling Bank builds mostly with Java, Python, SQL, Go. Its stack also includes AWS, GCP, PostgreSQL, Realm. AWS is named in 22 of the 36 job postings Starling Bank published in the last 12 months (61%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of Starling Bank, updated Oct 3, 2026.
What programming languages does Starling Bank use?
Java is named in 50% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by Python (44%), SQL (19%), Go (14%).
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What frameworks and libraries does Starling Bank use?
OpenTelemetry is named in 8% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by Espresso (6%), JUnit (6%), RxSwift (6%).
OpenTelemetry
3 8%
Espresso
2 6%
JUnit
2 6%
RxSwift
2 6%
UIKit
2 6%
SnapKit
2 6%
SwiftUI
2 6%
Commander.js
1 3%
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What databases does Starling Bank use?
PostgreSQL is named in 22% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by Realm (11%), BigQuery (3%), Google BigQuery (3%).
BigQuery 
What cloud and platforms does Starling Bank use?
AWS is named in 61% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by GCP (61%), Kubernetes (42%), Grafana (31%).
AWS
22 61%
GCP
22 61%
Kubernetes
15 42%
Grafana
11 31%
TeamCity
11 31%
Amazon EKS
9 25%
Google GKE
4 11%
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What developer tools does Starling Bank use?
Terraform is named in 31% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by Prometheus (11%), Cilium (6%), Microsoft Excel (6%).
Terraform
11 31%
Prometheus
4 11%
Cilium
2 6%
Sigstore
2 6%
SwiftLint
2 6%
Adobe Photoshop
1 3%
Docker
1 3%
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What AI and ML technologies does Starling Bank use?
Claude is named in 6% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by LLM (3%).
Which engineering practices does Starling Bank ask for?
CI/CD is named in 31% of job postings at Starling Bank, followed by IAM (14%), Immutable Infrastructure (11%), BGP (11%).
CI/CD
11 31%
Immutable Infrastructure
4 11%
Incident Management
3 8%
MVVM
3 8%
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What other technologies does Starling Bank use?
Kotlin Coroutines is named in 3% of job postings at Starling Bank.
Kotlin Coroutines
1 3%
What does each Starling Bank team work with?
The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.
Security
10 postingsBackend
7 postingsMobile
4 postingsHow does your stack fit Starling Bank?
How is the Starling Bank stack changing?
Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.
How modern is the Starling Bank stack?
Starling Bank scores 77 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How common is the Starling Bank stack in its industry?
Share of the 1,530 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.
What sets Starling Bank apart
Companies with a stack like Starling Bank
Questions about the Starling Bank tech stack
What programming languages does Starling Bank use?
The languages named in Starling Bank job postings are Java (50%), Python (44%), SQL (19%), Go (14%), Swift (8%), as a share of the 36 postings of the last 12 months.
Does Starling Bank use OpenTelemetry?
Yes. OpenTelemetry is named in 3 of 36 job postings (8%) and required in 3 of them.
What cloud and platforms does Starling Bank use?
The cloud and platforms named in Starling Bank job postings are AWS (22), GCP (22), Kubernetes (15) (postings in brackets).
What skills do you need for a Security job at Starling Bank?
Security postings at Starling Bank most often require GCP (10), AWS (8), Python (8), Kubernetes (5), out of 10 postings in the last 12 months.
Is the Starling Bank tech stack changing?
Yes. Google GKE, Immutable Infrastructure, BGP, TCP/IP first appeared in Starling Bank job postings in the last six months.
How modern is the Starling Bank tech stack?
Starling Bank scores 77 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 2; legacy ones: 0.
How does Alion know the Starling Bank tech stack?
Alion reads every job posting Starling Bank publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 36 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Oct 3, 2026.
Method and citation
Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count
Alion, "Starling Bank tech stack: 83 technologies from 36 job postings", as of Oct 3, 2026. https://alion.io/company/starling-bank/technologies