ABOUT TIDE:At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over1 million small businessesacross the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 2000 employees. Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.ABOUT THE ROLE:As aEngineering Managerat Tide you will be working on the designing, creating and running the rich product catalogue of your area. We have a long roadmap ahead of us and rarely run out of interesting problems to tackle. To name some of the products we are running - we have our own core account/payments infrastructure adapted to a variety of partner banks, our onboarding flow is a complicated state machine, we offer numerous lending products and a ton of business admin tools to help our members run their accounting, payroll, tax and so on, and last but not least - we have tooling to handle our marketing, servicing, public APIs, our investment products and acquiring solutions.This role offers an exceptional opportunity to make a real difference by taking ownership of engineering practices in a rapidly expanding company! We trust and empower our Engineering Managerstomake real architectural decisionsthat affect their domainand shape the future of Tide’s One Platform.We work in full-stack teams, grouped under common domains owning some Products in Tide’s product catalogue. Our engineers self-organise, gather together to discuss technical challenges, and set their own guidelines in the differentCommunities of Practiceregardless of where they currently stand in our Growth Framework.Defining and owning autonomously part of thetarget architecturefor your domain, making sure that all the projects and services in the area follow it Working on early engineering phases to lay the groundwork for the team(s) in your area Working with the product team to select technology partners Leading the engineers in your team carefully dividing your time between design, coding and coaching other team members. You will be the person people turn to seeking advice and solutions to difficult problems Regularly aligning your vision and roadmap of the your part of the target architecture with other Engineering Managersand their respective target architectures to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives Working closely with product owners, mobile & web engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions Making key contributions to our Community of Practice. You will apply your extensive experience on our problem domain and existing guidelines to become a true beacon of best practices among your fellow engineersWHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:Have extensive experience (10+ years) building server-side applications and detailed knowledge of the relevant programming languages for your stack (e.g. Java 8 or newer). You don’t need to know Java, but to be on top of the teams, you need to be willing to learn it (we already have a lot of microservices written in Java) Have a sound knowledge of a backend framework (e.g. Spring/Spring Boot) Have experience with running microservices and implementing and consuming RESTful APIs (in the world of Open Banking often times they are gonna be public!) Have experience engineering scalable and reliable solutions in a cloud-native environment Demonstrate a mindset of delivering secure, well-tested and well-documented software Are willing to own your code and your team’s processes from development to production Have exposure to complex solutions in the area of financial / payment services Have experience integrating with various third party providers and partners Have experience with relational databases. Are comfortable working in an agile environment Have the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience Have exposure to continuous integration, delivery and deploymentOUR TECH STACK:Java, Spring Boot andJOOQto build theRESTful APIsof our microservices (but we welcome people who are used to any strongly typed general purpose programming language!) Event-driven architecture with messages overSNS+SQSandKafkato make them reliable Primary datastores areMySQLandPostgreSQLviaRDSor Aurora (we are heavyAWSusers) Docker ,Terraform ,EKSused by the Cloud team to run the platform DataDogandRollbarto keep it running GitHubwithSonarcloud ,Semgrepand solid testing to power theCI /CD pipelines - new joiners are encouraged to have something deployed to production in their first 2 weeks Angular 2+withngrxon Web,Flutterfor the Mobile App Fivetran/Snowflake/Looker for the BI insights and Python/Faust/Flask/Tecton + some ML libs for the automated decisioning and risk managementWHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:Make work, work for you! We are embracing new ways of working and support flexible working arrangements. With our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy our colleagues can work remotely from home or anywhere in their home country. Additionally, you can work from a different country for up to 90 days a year. Plus, you’ll get: Competitive salary Self & Family Health Insurance Term & Life Insurance OPD Benefits Mental wellbeing through Plumm Learning & Development Budget WFH Setup allowance 25 Annual leaves Family & Friendly LeavesTidean Ways of Working At Tide, we’re Member First and Data Driven, but above all, we’re One Team. Our Working Out of Office (WOO) policy allows you to work from anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. We are remote first, but when you do want to meet new people, collaborate with your team or simply hang out with your colleagues, our offices are always available and equipped to the highest standard. We offer flexible working hours and trust our employees to do their work well, at times that suit them and their team.TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE: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.You personal data will be processed by Tide for recruitment purposes and in accordance with Tide's Recruitment Privacy Notice.
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Engineering Manager