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You will lead and grow a team of engineers, hiring, coaching and setting clear goals while owning the roadmap for the cloud architecture, autoscaling, upgrades and capacity of the AWS‑EKS platform and its databases. You’ll ensure platform availability, security and cost‑efficiency, and drive reductions in deployment time for product engineers. You’ll also track team productivity with DORA and SPACE metrics and foster cross‑team collaboration.
10+ years in distributed computing, 3+ years in engineering leadership, a CS‑related degree, deep knowledge of AWS or GCP in regulated settings, and hands‑on experience running production Kubernetes with GitOps (ArgoCD). Strong communication, stakeholder management, and familiarity with AI tools like Claude are required; platform engineering experience and building Kubernetes operators are a plus.
The Core Infrastructure team powers Tide’s entire product ecosystem, giving product engineers a reliable, secure and cost‑effective platform to deliver banking services to millions of SMEs. Your work directly impacts service availability, speed of innovation and the company’s mission to save SMEs time and money.
A technically hands‑on engineering leader who enjoys coaching teams, shaping large‑scale cloud platforms, and using metrics to drive improvement. Ideal for someone comfortable with AWS/EKS, GitOps, and stakeholder collaboration, and who wants to influence a fast‑growing fintech’s core infrastructure.
At Tide, we help SMEs save time and money in the running of their businesses by not only offering business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly usable and connected administrative solutions, from invoicing to accounting.
Tide is transforming the small business banking market and now supports over 2 million members globally across the UK, India, Germany and France.
Using advanced technology, all solutions are designed with SMEs in mind. With quick onboarding, low fees and innovative features, we thrive on making data driven decisions to serve our mission: to help SMEs save time and money so they can get back to doing what they love.
The Core Infrastructure team provides a containerised cloud environment based on EKS that is the foundation of Tide’s Platform Engineering provision to product engineering teams.
The team mission is to provide product engineers a platform so they can build great products for our members without directly provisioning cloud infrastructure.
Tide is hiring for a proven Engineering Manager to lead the team.
As the successful candidate you will:
You are an engineering leader who stays technically hands-on. You know that the biggest challenges need effective delegation and team empowerment.
You have:
You will stand out if you have:
Our location-specific employee benefits are designed to cater to the unique needs of Tideans:
At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams.
While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.
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At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives.
We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.
At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.
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