Product Designer - Engine by Starling

At , we are on a mission to find and work with leading banks all around the world who have the ambition to build rapid growth businesses, on our technology. 

Engine is Starling's software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, the technology that was built to power Starling Bank, and a year ago we split out as a separate business. 

Starling Bank has seen exceptional growth and success, and a large part of that is down to the fact that we have built our own modern technology from the ground up. This SaaS technology platform is now available to banks and financial institutions all around the world, enabling them to benefit from the innovative digital features, and efficient back-office processes that has helped achieve Starling's success.

We draw upon our experience as FinTech experts, and best-in-class technologists, to become the chosen option for these banks, and preferred partners for leading consultancies.

As a company, everyone is expected to roll up their sleeves to help deliver great outcomes for our clients. We are an engineering led company and we’re looking for someone who will be excited by the potential for Engine’s technology to transform banking in different markets around the world.

Hybrid Working

We have a Hybrid approach to working here at Engine - 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. 

About the Role

At Engine by Starling we’re at an exciting point of our journey, building out a series of mobile SDKs and web portals to delight our clients as we help them bring best-in-class digital banking to customers around the world. We like to spend our time building products that we’re really proud of. We focus on the experience, often delivering things with real polish but sometimes making a fast strategic move. We’re always working closely and collaboratively with our engineers to solve problems, build new products and improve existing ones. 

You’ll be able to own the design of products and features, working closely with the rest of the Engine team to design the UX and UI, and then staying closely involved as our engineering team builds, helping make sure the outcome is as good as possible. The Engine team works with clients around the world, some of the interesting challenges will be designing journeys that work in different local regions. 

What you'll get to do:

• Design the platform’s visual and functional user experience, using the knowledge and expertise we’ve gained from Starling over the years 
• Produce wireframes and user flows based on user behaviour
• Maintain and develop our UI/UX design guidelines
• Collaborate with our internal and Software Engineering team 

• Experience in a Product Design role for a FinTech or Software Startup / Scaleup. 
• Lots of examples of designing great experiences for customers, in particular we’re looking for experience in Mobile Design. 
• We're particularly interested if you have experience with B2B products or environments we're we balance both customer and client needs.
• Expertise with Figma and experience maintaining and contributing to component libraries as part of a design system.
• Familiar with mobile human interface guidelines 
• We’d love to see the examples from your portfolio that you’re most proud of, and especially how you resolved all of the difficult design questions that came up. 
• Experience balancing solving complex problems with fast tactical changes. You will need to be good at knowing where our time can be spent most effectively.
• Being comfortable operating outside of your comfort zone and dealing with ambiguity.
• An inclination to seek feedback, share your work and be open. The Engine team is collaborative and friendly, we encourage everyone to share their opinions and contribute where they’re interested.

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:

• First 45 min interview with someone from our current Design team
• In depth 60 min interview with Design team and an Engineer
• Final interview with some more senior members of the Engine team

NOTE: please be sure to make sure we have your portfolio, either submitted in the link on the application form or in your CV.

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it 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
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• 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

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.

Engine by Starling is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re proud of our ongoing efforts to foster diversity & inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment at Engine by Starling 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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