ABOUT TIDE
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 with over 1.6 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 help SMEs save both time and money.
Tide facts :
- Tide is available for UK Indian German and French SMEs
- Over 1.6 million members : 800000 UK and 800000 in India and growing rapidly
- Over $200 million raised in funding
- Over 2500 Tideans globally - were diversity champions!
- We have offices in Central London with a member support and technology centre in Sofia Bulgaria technology centres in Serbia Romania Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram and New Delhi India
ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Staff Engineer youll be :
Defining and owning autonomously part of the target architecture for your domain making sure that all the projects and services in the area follow itWorking on early engineering phases to lay the groundwork for the team(s) in your areaWorking with the product team to select technology partnersLeading backend engineers across multiple agile teams 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 problemsRegularly aligning your vision and roadmap of the your part of the target architecture with other Staff Engineers and their respective target architectures to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiativesWorking closely with product owners mobile & web engineers data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutionsMaking 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 dont 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 environmentDemonstrate a mindset of delivering secure well-tested and well-documented softwareAre willing to own your code and your teams processes from development to productionHave exposure to complex solutions in the area of financial / payment servicesHave experience integrating with various third party providers and partnersHave experience with relational databases.Are comfortable working in an agile environmentHave the ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audienceHave exposure to continuous integration delivery and deploymentOur Tech Stack
Java Spring Boot and JOOQ to build the RESTful APIs of our microservices (but we welcome people who are used to any strongly typed general purpose programming language!)Event-driven architecture with messages over SNSSQS and Kafka to make them reliablePrimary datastores are MySQL and PostgreSQL via RDS or Aurora (we are heavy AWS users)Docker Terraform ECS used by the Cloud team to run the platformDataDog ElasticSearch / Fluentd / Kibana and Rollbar to keep it runningBitbucket with Sonarcloud Snyk and solid testing to power the CI / CD pipelines - new joiners are encouraged to have something deployed to production in their first 2 weeksAngular 2 with ngrx on Web Swift / Kotlin on native mobile Flutter for the UniClientFivetran / Snowflake / Looker for the BI insights and Python / Faust / Flask / Tecton some ML libs for the automated decisioning and risk managementWHAT YOULL GET IN RETURN
Competitive Compensation - competitive salary and share optionsTime Off Generous annual leave on top of bank holidays.Parental Leave Paid maternity paternity and adoption leave to support your family journey.Sabbatical Extended unpaid and paid leave options after completing milestone years with Tide.Health Insurance Private family insurance with additional OPD coverage and top-up options.Life & Accident Cover Comprehensive accidental and life insurance protection.Mental Wellbeing Access to therapy sessions courses meditations and workshops.Volunteering & Development Days Paid days annually for volunteering or personal growth.Learning & Development Annual budget for books courses coaching and more.WOO (Work Outside the Office) Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually.Home Office Setup Contribution towards setting up your home officeLaptop Ownership Keep your old laptop and get a new one when its time for a replacement.Snacks & Meals Office perks with snacks coffee tea and lunch (location dependent).TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING
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.
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 everyones 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 everyones voice is heard.
Disclaimer
It has come to our attention that individuals or agencies are falsely claiming to represent Tide and are reaching out to candidates regarding job opportunities. Please be aware that :
Tide does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.All official Tide job opportunities are listed exclusively on our Careers Page and applications should be submitted through this channel.Communication from Tide will only come from an official @tide .co email address.Tide does not work with agencies or recruiters without prior formal engagement and we do not authorize third parties to make job offers on our behalf.If you are contacted by anyone misrepresenting Tide or requesting payment please treat it as fraudulent and report it to us immediately at
Your safety and trust are important to us and we are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process.
Tide leverages AI to enhance our hiring experience. You can read more about how we use AI in our recruitment process in our AI Policy.
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Required Experience :
Staff IC
Key Skills
Computer Science,Docker,Kubernetes,Python,VMware,C / C++,Go,System Architecture,gRPC,OS Kernels,Perl,Distributed Systems
Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1