Data Warehouse Analyst / Analytics Engineer

Starling is the UK's first and leading digital bank on a quest to rectify banking! Our vision is fast technology, fair service, and honest values. All at the tap of a phone, all the time.

We strive to provide customers with a new way to spend, save, and manage their money whilst taking better care of the planet which has led us to become a multi-award-winning bank that now employs over 2800 people across five offices in London, Cardiff, Dublin, Southampton, and Manchester. Our journey began in 2014, and since then we have surpassed 3.5 million accounts (and four account types!) with 350,000 business clients. We are a fully licensed UK bank but fundamentally, we are a tech first company, allowing our platform to deliver fantastic products.

Our tech experts are at the heart of Starling and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment dedicated to building things, creating new innovations, and disruptive technology that keeps us at the forefront of fintech. We operate a flat structure to empower you to make decisions regardless of your primary responsibilities, with innovation and collaboration at the core of everything you do. Assistance is never far away in our open culture, you will find support within your team and from across the business, we are all in this together!

To thrive and excel at Starling, you need to be a self-driven individual capable of taking full ownership of everything around you: From building things, designing, discovering, sharing knowledge with your colleagues and ensuring that all processes are efficient and productive to provide the best results for our customers. Our mission is underpinned by five Starling values: Listen, Keep It Simple, Do The Right Thing, Own It, and Aim For Greatness.

Hybrid Working

Here at Starling, we have a hybrid working approach - our preference is for you to be located within commuting distance of one of our offices in order to interact and collaborate in person. We don't dictate how much you should work from the office or home, that's something to be agreed upon between you and your manager.

Responsibilities:

• Translate data requirements from across the organization into robust and reusable data models

• Apply data transformation to datasets via dbt

• Adhere to established SDLC standards/processes for quick and reliable release 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:

• Significant experience with SQL

• Extensive experience with Looker or a similar visualization tool

• Considerable experience with dbt or a desire to learn

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with data architecture and dimensional modelling

• Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment

Interview Process:

Interviewing is a mutual process and we want you to have the time and opportunity to get to know us, just as we are getting to know you! Our interviews are conversational and we want to bring out the best in you, so come prepared with questions and remain curious. In general, you can expect the following stages, after 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:

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave increases 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 & 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
• Membership to Perkbox providing 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 Us:

You may be hesitant to apply for a role because you don't tick every box. Disregard 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 meet all the requirements, reach out to us anyway.

We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that begins with our brilliant team. Regardless of your past, we’re proud to bring together people from 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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