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 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 Working
We 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. We don't like to mandate how much you visit the office and work from home, that's to be agreed upon between you and your manager.
Responsibilities:
•Get up to speed with and maintain understanding of Starling data concepts
• Translate ad-hoc data requests from across the organisation into robust and reusable SQL statements
• Identify whether ad-hoc data requests could be answered in Looker, our data visualisation tool
• Formalise as dbt-defined data transformations and Looker explore data requests which have become recurrent
• Follow established SDLC standards / processes for rapid and reliable releasing of changes to production
• Maintain consistent and clear documentation and definitions across the data warehouse and Looker
• Collaborate with the wider data team to help meet the business goals
Requirements
• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment
• Strong experience with SQL
• Some experience with Looker or a similar visualisation tool
• Experience with / desire to learn dbt
• Strong communication skills
• Experience with / desire to learn data architecture and dimensional modelling
Interview Process
Interviewing 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 - 60 mins technical interview with two team members
• Stage 3 - 45 min final with an executive and a member of the people team
Benefits
1. 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
2. An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
3. Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
4. 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
5. Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
6. Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
7. Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
8. Generous family-friendly policies
9. Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
10. Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing
About Us
You 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.