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Starling Bank
About Starling Bank
Starling Bank is a licensed UK bank used through a mobile app by personal and business customers, and through Engine by Starling it sells its banking technology to other banks. Eight of its 49 postings are security roles: a Red Team Operator (Cyber Resilience), a Senior Penetration Tester, a Quantum Cryptography Architect, a Software Engineer - Mobile Security, senior and staff GCP cloud security engineers and a principal security programme lead for Engine, and an Information Security Operations Lead in Sydney. The rest sit in UK offices.
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, CyberJobs.cc shows 8 security openings at Starling Bank.
Starling Bank security openings
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Working at Starling Bank
Anne Boden founded Starling in 2014, and it received its UK banking licence in 2016. The bank is headquartered in London and is privately held. Its security postings state No salary in its postings (from its own postings).
8 security roles open at the last read8 open roles at Starling Bank, confirmed on its careers system 14 Nov 2026.
In-house security staff roles at a regulated bank and its software-as-a-service business.
The red team, penetration testing, quantum cryptography and mobile security roles are each open in London, Cardiff, Manchester and Southampton, and of these only the mobile security post is marked remote. The three Engine by Starling roles are London-based, and the security operations lead is in Sydney, Australia.
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Salaries at Starling Bank
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
Starling publishes no salary on any of its eight security postings, in the UK or in Sydney (14 Nov 2026).
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Starling Bank: common questions
What salary does Starling Bank offer security staff?
No salary in its postings. Starling publishes no salary on any of its eight security postings, in the UK or in Sydney (14 Nov 2026).
What sort of company is Starling Bank?
Anne Boden founded Starling in 2014, and it received its UK banking licence in 2016. The bank is headquartered in London and is privately held.
What is it like to work in security at Starling Bank?
Its security postings state No salary in its postings (from its own postings). As a regulated finance or crypto firm, compliance, fraud-adjacent security and incident response teams stay large.
What kind of employment are Starling Bank's security roles?
In-house security staff roles at a regulated bank and its software-as-a-service business.
Where are Starling Bank's security jobs based?
The red team, penetration testing, quantum cryptography and mobile security roles are each open in London, Cardiff, Manchester and Southampton, and of these only the mobile security post is marked remote. The three Engine by Starling roles are London-based, and the security operations lead is in Sydney, Australia.
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