As Group Chief Technology Officer, Steve is responsible for technology across the Starling Group.
He joined Starling in 2015 as Director of Technology, later becoming Chief Technology Officer and then Chief Operating Officer. Prior to this Steve spent 12 years at a leading technology consultancy, where he worked as a software developer. After this he spent time at various financial organisations as a senior developer, with stints in CTO roles.
In this episode we discuss the how you can have the confidence to change code that is live and in use, even when operating something as sensitive as a bank. How can engineers be empowered to make necessary changes to the code? How can you be sure that failures won’t occur? And is testing important? (spoilers: yes) With Starling Director of Technology Steve Newson, Head of Testing Daniel Webb, and your regular host Jason Maude.
What happens when a development environment that wants to implement agile and lean practices meets a traditional and conservative sector such as banking? Can you really be agile, or does that just become a buzzword? How does agile development look to the banking regulators? This episode we’re joined by Starling Product Director Sarah Guha (neé Gilbert), Director of Technology Steve Newson, and your regular host Jason Maude.
To kick off the first Starling Developer Podcast, we talk about how we ensure technical reliability and availability of service to our banking customers. When your bank is based in the cloud how do you make sure that it is always available? How do you reduce down-time? And how do you respond to lack of availability and fail gracefully when there is a problem? All this is covered with Starling CTO Greg Hawkins, Director of Technology Steve Newson, and your regular host Jason Maude.