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: 800,000 UK and 800,000 in India and growing rapidly * Over $200 million raised in funding * Over 2500 Tideans globally - we’re 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 Lead Engineer you’ll be: * Working closely with product owners, other backend (Java & Python) engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions * Architect, design, test, implement, deploy, monitor and maintain end-to-end backend services. You build it, you own it mentality. * Integrate already trained ML models in some of the services you develop. * Work with people from other teams and departments on a day to day basis to ensure efficient project execution with a focus on delivering value to our members. * Regularly aligning your team’s vision and roadmap with the target architecture within your domain and to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives
WHAT YOU WILL GET IN RETURN
- 25 days paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
- Extended maternity and paternity leave covered by the company
- Personal L&D budget in the amount of 1000 BGN per year
- Additional health & dental insurance
- Mental wellbeing platform
- Fully covered Multisports card
- Food vouchers
- Snacks, light food, drinks in the office
- WFH equipment allowance
- Flexible working from home
- Sabbatical Leave
- Share options
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.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Proven work experience as a Backend Python Engineer (Senior/Lead)
- Understanding of software engineering fundamentals (OOP, SOLID, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with frameworks such as Django, FastAPI or FlaskAPI
- Extensive experience integrating with or creating REST APIs
- Experience with creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines - we use GitHub Actions.
- Experience with event-driven architectures
- Experience with AWS
- (Great to have) Experience with integrating ML models, Databricks, ML feature store solutions, Kafka (or other message brokers)
OUR TECH STACK ** * (You don’t have to excel in all, but willing to learn them): * Databricks on AWS * Kafka * ArgoCD * DataDog * Python Flask * Snowflake * Tecton - feature store
