Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a mission to fix banking!
Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values.
All at the tap of a phone, all the time.We are about giving customers a new way to spend, save and manage their money while taking better care of the planet which has seen us become a multi-award winning bank that now employs over 2800 across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton, and Manchester.
Our journey started in 2014, and since then we have surpassed 3.5 million accounts (and four account types!)
with 350,000 business customers.
We are a fully licensed UK bank but at the heart, we are a tech first company, enabling our platform to deliver brilliant products.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 around you: From building things, designing, discovering, 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 purpose is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.Hybrid WorkingWe have a Hybrid approach to working here at Starling - our preference is that you're located within a commutable distance of one of our offices so that we're able to interact and collaborate in person.Our Data EnvironmentOur Data teams are aligned to divisions covering the following Banking Services & Products, Customer Identity & Financial Crime and Data & ML Engineering.
Our Data teams are excited about delivering meaningful and impactful insights to both the business and more importantly our customers.
Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech.We are looking for talented data professionals 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 Starling.
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 Starling, to continue changing banking for good.Responsibilities: Work closely with the financial crime and onboarding teams to identify problems and use data to propose solutions for effective decision making Translate data requirements from across the organisation into robust and reusable data models via dbt Develop data models in Looker, ensuring consistent and clear documentation Perform data analysis to create models or test ideas Collaborate with the wider data team to help meet the business goals Requirements Experience focusing on financial crime projects (Fraud, AML, Screening and Cyber) Strong experience with SQL Experience with Python Experience with Looker or a similar visualisation tool Experience with data architecture and dimensional modelling Strong communication skills Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment Desirable RequirementsStrong experience with dbt or a desire to learnInterview ProcessInterviewing is a two way process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, as much as we are getting to know you!
Our interviews are conversational and we want to get the best from you, so come with questions and be curious.
In general you can expect the below, following a chat with one of our Talent Team: Stage 1 - 30 mins with one of the team Stage 2 - Take home test Stage 3 - 60 mins technical interview with two team members Stage 4 - 45 min final with an executive and a member of the people team Benefits 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you) An extra day's holiday for your birthday Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off 16 hours paid volunteering time a year Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care.
Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton Generous family-friendly policies Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing About UsYou may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box.
Forget that!
While we can't accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion.
So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren't sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.
We're on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team.
Whatever came before, we're proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.Starling Bank is an equal opportunity employer, and we're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace.
Individuals seeking employment at Starling Bank are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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