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Description 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 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. In Technology, we're asking that you attend the office a minimum of 1 day per week. Our Engineering Environment Starling engineers are excited about helping us deliver new features, regardless of what their primary tech stack may be. Hear from the team in our latest blogs or our case studies with Women in Tech . We are looking for engineers 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. We have built our entire banking platform in house and mostly in Java. We are looking for people who want to work on building the tooling that is used by our engineers on a daily basis.

Job description As a practitioner level Senior Performance Test Engineer, you will: Design, implement, and execute performance testing strategies that align with business and user requirements, contributing to the overall test and quality planning efforts. Take ownership of performance testing within the automated pipeline, primarily using JMeter integrated with our CI/CD process (Concourse). Collaborate with teams across Companies House to champion a performance-first mindset throughout the development lifecycle. Analyse system performance, using tools such as Grafana, identify bottlenecks, and work closely with business analysts, developers, architects, and DevOps engineers to optimise performance. Establish and maintain performance baselines, stress testing, load testing, and scalability testing frameworks. Drive best practices and mentor other testers in performance testing techniques and tools. Research, recommend, and implement emerging tools to improve the efficiency and accuracy of performance testing. Document, and maintain performance testing standards, best practices, methodologies, runbooks, and findings using collaboration platforms such as Confluence, SharePoint, or other designated tools. Ensure knowledge is effectively shared and accessible across relevant teams. Salary Base salary is £40,398pa with an additional DDaT allowance of £4,350 - £11,000 available. The final salary and allowance awarded will be based on an assessment of your skills and experience as demonstrated at interview. The pay advertised is the maximum that can be offered. Benefits Alongside your salary of £40,398, Companies House contributes £11,703 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. We offer an excellent benefits package that includes: a generous 30 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays and 1 privilege day enrolment into the with a contribution rate of averaging 28% a range of recognition schemes including instant awards to thank and recognise each other's efforts and contributions strong ethos of equality, diversity and inclusion great work life balance with flexible and mobile working available for many roles a pro-active approach to employee wellbeing that allows our employees to flourish and be their best at work and has enabled us to become an platinum accredited employer online financial support and advice seasonal flu jabs generous maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave allowances a focus on career development and progression a number of inclusive network groups to support our colleagues and a great sports and social society cycle to work scheme staff discount scheme holiday play scheme for children 3 days paid volunteering leave Key dates (dates are indicative only and could be subject to change) Closing date: 17 August (at 23:55) Sifting: w/c 18 August & w/c 25 August 2025 Technical assessment: w/c 1 September 2025 Interviews - w/c 8 September & w/c 15 September 2025

Java Microservices Developer 6 Month contract initially Based: Remote/Cardiff - Hybrid. Max 3 days p/w onsite. Rate: £450 - £500 p/d (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We a great opportunity for a number of Java Microservices Developers to join the team! We are seeking a number of talented Java Microservies developers to join our team for a new strategic transformation program of work. You will Design, Develop, and Maintain Microservices: • Creating and implementing microservices with Java. • Ensuring microservices are scalable, reliable, and efficient. • Maintaining existing microservices, including bug fixes and performance improvements. Key Responsibilities: CI/CD and Automation: • Implementing and managing continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for microservices deployment. • Automating testing and deployment processes to improve efficiency and reliability. Code Quality and Best Practices: • Writing clean, well-documented, and maintainable code. • Following coding standards and best practices for Java development. Participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback to team members Key Skills & Experience: Programming: • Proficiency in Java and related technologies like Spring Boot. • Understanding of microservices concepts, patterns, and principles. • Experience with microservice frameworks like Spring Cloud or other relevant tools. • Understanding of API design principles and best practices. • Familiarity with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). Cloud Platforms: • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Testing and Debugging: • Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and debugging tools. Soft Skills: • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Agile Development: • Experience with agile methodologies like Scrum or Kanban. • client facing with an excellent communication to come up with the proactive ideas Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds. Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.