Staff Backend Engineer at Tide Platform

, , Bulgaria -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

16 Apr, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

16 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, RESTful APIs, Cloud-Native Solutions, Secure Software Development, Relational Databases, Agile Practices, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Team Leadership, Technical Communication, Event-Driven Architecture, PostgreSQL, Docker, Terraform

Industry

Financial Services

Description

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 Staff Engineer you’ll 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 it Working on early engineering phases to lay the groundwork for the team(s) in your area Working with the product team(s) to select technology partners Leading the engineers in your domain 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 Collaborate with other Staff Engineers to align architectural visions and roadmaps, ensuring the success of complex, multi-domain initiatives. Working closely with product managers, backend, mobile & web engineers, data scientists and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions Through active leadership in our Community of Practice, you will use your domain experience to guide discussions, shape standards, and raise the bar on engineering best practices for the wider engineering community. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Extensive experience (10+ years) building server-side applications and detailed knowledge of Java. 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. Our 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 SNS+SQS and Kafka to make them reliable Primary datastores are PostgreSQL via RDS or Aurora (we are heavy AWS users) Docker, Terraform, ArgoCD and, EKS provided by the Cloud team to run the platform DataDog for monitoring, observability and automated SLOs GitHub, Semgrep and solid testing to power the CI/CD pipelines - new joiners are encouraged to have something deployed to production in their first week Angular on Web, Flutter for our mobile app, but from time to time we use Swift and Kotlin Fivetran/BigQuery/Looker for the BI insights and Python/FastAPI/Faust + some ML libs for the automated decisioning and risk management WHAT YOU’LL 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. #LI-MP1 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. 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 talent@tide.co 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. Your personal data will be processed by Tide for recruitment purposes and in accordance with Tide's Recruitment Privacy Notice.

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Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer, you will define and own part of the target architecture for your domain and lead engineers in your area. You will collaborate with product teams and other staff engineers to ensure the success of complex initiatives.