# Senior Java Software Engineer - Intelligent Operations

Starling is the UK’s first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking! We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had the power to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,000 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices. Our technologists are at the very heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment that is all about building things, creating new stuff, and disruptive technology that keeps us on the cutting edge of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of what your primary responsibilities may be, innovation and collaboration will be at the core of everything you do. Help is never far away in our open culture, you will find support in your team and from across the business, we are in this together! The way to thrive and shine within Starling is to be a self-driven individual and be able to take full ownership of everything

- **Id**: 721373
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/starling-bank-senior-java-software-engineer-intelligent-operations>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T23:27:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T03:30:09Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6594
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Flexible schedule, Health insurance, Hybrid work, Life insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Commercial & Retail Banks, Financial Software & Embedded Finance, Digital Banks & Neobanks

## Company

- **Id**: 51354
- **Name**: Starling Bank
- **Domain**: starlingbank.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/starling-bank>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 94
- **Open postings**: 9
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.444
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 19
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 88000
- **Max usd**: 173000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 107

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: no
- **Amazon EKS** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **GCP** — Optional: yes
- **Grafana** — Optional: yes
- **Java** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **TeamCity** — Optional: yes
- **Terraform** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T07:11:28Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-06T17:13:50Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-04T18:38:05Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Skilled Worker); Route: Skilled Worker

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 19
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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