ABOUT TIDE

At Tide, we are building a business management 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 over 1 million small businesses across 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 2,000 employees.
Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new products and 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.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking an exceptionally technical and strategic security leader with a proven track record of hands-on experience in security engineering within highly dynamic, tech-first organizations.

• Extensive Hands-on Security Engineering Leadership: Substantial experience leading and managing multiple distinct security and IT engineering teams (Product Security, Threat Detection, Identity & IT Engineering).
• Builder Mentality & Solution Implementation: Demonstrated ability to engineer, implement, and build robust security policies and solutions, with a strong preference for candidates who have actively constructed security measures rather than solely suggested them or relied on purchased solutions.
• Profound Engineering Mindset: A deep, practical engineering approach to solving complex security problems and IT challenges, including extensive hands-on experience with identity, detection and response, configuration as code, and infrastructure as code.
• Strategic & Cross-Functional Leadership: Proven experience in managing and leading technical teams, navigating complex security landscapes, and communicating effectively across different organizational levels, including non-technical executives.
• Adaptability to Modern Security Paradigms: Ability to adapt and thrive in a fast-paced, modern security environment that embraces cutting-edge approaches.
• Hands-on Technical Focus: This role is for a hands-on technical leader with a strong bias for action and building.

As the Director of Security Engineering, you will be a pivotal and hands-on leader, operating as a key part of our “first line” of defense. You will be instrumental in defining and shaping Tide’s overall security posture and technical strategy, driving excellence and fostering continuous improvement across a broad and critical set of domains. Your leadership will extend across multiple security-related and IT engineering teams, including:

• Information Security: Product Security, Threat Detection & Response, & Identity
• IT Engineering: IT Engineering, IT Enablement & IT Operations
• Tech Ops: FinOps, Programme Management & Audit Support

As Director of Security Engineering you will:

• Provide visionary technical leadership and strategic direction for all security engineering and IT operations, ensuring alignment with Tide’s ambitious growth and security objectives.
• Lead, empower, and grow a diverse, high-performing team of security and IT engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and proactive problem-solving.
• Drive the design, development, and implementation of advanced, bespoke security solutions and policies, prioritising engineering-led approaches over vendor-dependent solutions.
• Champion a profound engineering mindset across all security and IT challenges, with deep practical experience in identity, detection and response, configuration as code, and infrastructure as code.
• Oversee the robust design, development, and operation of scalable, resilient, and secure systems within our SaaS native, zero-trust network architecture.
• Collaborate seamlessly with cross-functional teams and articulate complex technical security concepts with clarity and conviction to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.
• Lead the ongoing organisational restructuring and integration of security, IT, and Tech Ops teams, ensuring a cohesive, efficient, and highly effective operational model.