Tide is a fintech company that helps SMEs save time and money. We're looking for a Staff Backend Engineer to join our team. As a Staff Engineer, you'll be defining and owning part of the target architecture for your domain, working on early engineering phases, and leading engineers in your domain. You'll collaborate with other Staff Engineers to align architectural visions and roadmaps, ensuring the success of complex, multi-domain initiatives.
Requirements
- Extensive experience (10+ years) building server-side applications
- Sound knowledge of a backend framework (e.g. Spring/Spring Boot)
- Experience with running microservices and implementing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Experience engineering scalable and reliable solutions in a cloud-native environment
- A mindset of delivering secure, well-tested and well-documented software
- Full ownership of your code and technical solutions across their entire lifecycle, from development to production.
- Experience integrating with various third party providers and partners
- Sound knowledge and experience working with relational databases.
- Work effectively in an agile environment, using its practices to deliver value consistently and adapt quickly.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience
- Apply continuous integration, delivery, and deployment practices in day-to-day development to deliver software reliably to production.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Time 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 office
