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 and now supports over 2 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 serve our mission: to help SMEs save time and money so they can get back to doing what they love.

Tide facts:

Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs
Over 2 million members: 900,000 UK and 1,100,000 in India and growing rapidly
Over $300 million raised in funding
Over 2,800 Tideans globally
Recognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among Indias Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026
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, New Delhi, Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg

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.

ABOUT THE TEAM:

Were looking for an experienced Backend Engineer with excellent programming skills and a passion for developing applications or improving existing ones, we would like to meet you.

As an Engineer at Tide, youll report directly to the Staff Engineer and work in a team of highly skilled Engineers. Youll work closely with our tech team to ensure system consistency and improve user experience. Ultimately, you should be able to develop and maintain functional and stable web applications to meet both the companys and our customers needs.

We work in an agile fashion, small cross functional squads, grouped under common domains owning the full lifecycle of some microservices in Tides service catalogue.

Youll bring new ideas, and become an integral part of the process of continuously improving our product. Outside of working in your squad you will discuss technical challenges, in our different Communities of Practice.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As a Senior Python Engineer youll be:

Defining, owning and maintaining the services your team owns from our service catalogue that fall in one of our domains (you design it, you build it, you run it, you scale it globally)
Working with the product team to select technology partners
Work with backend engineers across multiple agile teams carefully dividing your time between design/refinement, implementation and mentoring other team members
Regularly aligning your teams vision and roadmap with the target architecture within your domain and to ensure the success of complex multi domain initiatives
Working closely with product owners, mobile & web engineers, data scientist and other business members to translate requirements into well-engineered solutions
Making 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 engineers
Career progression is as important to us as it is for you, and we, therefore, have put in place a Tide Growth Framework to guide you. With our expanding teams and business, we will encourage you to outgrow your initial responsibilities, if you so desire

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Proven work experience as a Python Developer (working with this as a primary language)
Basic understanding of software engineering fundamentals (SOLID, ACID, Testing)
Hands-on experience with AWS and frameworks such as: Django, FastAPI and Flask
Extensive experience integrating with or creating REST APIs
(Desirable) Experience working with event driven microservice or message queues
(Desirable) An understanding of Salesforce integrations
Experience working in Scrum and following Agile development practises
Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
Youre passionate about learning every day and sharing your knowledge and experience every day
Genuinely excited about supporting small businesses, in the UK and in global markets

OUR TECH STACK:

Python
AWS (including Lambda, Fargate, EKS, SQS, SNS, SES and S3)
Postgres
Google BigQuery
Terraform
Sentry

WHAT YOULL GET IN RETURN:

MELP - flexible benefit app
25 days paid annual leave
3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
Parental Leave days
Family-Friendly Leave
Personal L&D budget
Mental wellbeing platform Plumm
WFH equipment allowance
Sabbatical Leave
Share options
Team Events

TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING:

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model thatsupports 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.

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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 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.

Senior Engineer, Python

Tide

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