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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.\nTide facts:\nTide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs\nOver 2 million members globally and rapidly growing\nOver $300 million raised in funding\n3,000 Tideans globally\nRecognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026\nWe 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\nABOUT THE TEAM: \nThe Platform Engineering team builds the tools, infrastructure and ‘golden paths’ that let Tide’s engineers ship safely and quickly. We own everything from CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling to Tide’s service catalogue, including the Developer Productivity function, and our mission is to make the right way the easy way for every engineer at Tide - human or AI agent.\nABOUT THE ROLE: \nAs Senior Engineering Manager, Developer Experience / Head of Developer Experience, you will report directly to the Director of Platform Engineering and be responsible for how every engineer at Tide builds, tests and ships software. You will:\nOwn the Developer Experience strategy for Tide, setting the vision and roadmap for developer tooling, CI/CD and the internal platform.\nLead the design, build and continuous improvement of CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling, reducing friction and lead time across the software delivery lifecycle.\nDefine, track and report on DevEx and engineering productivity metrics (e.g. DORA, SPACE), using data to identify bottlenecks and prioritise investment.\nOwn and evolve Tide’s service catalogue (Backstage), establishing it as the single source of truth for the ICT Asset Register and driving adoption across engineering.\nManage the Developer Productivity function, responsible for building and maintaining Java/Spring and Python ‘paved road’ templates that give product teams a fast, secure and consistent way to start new services.\nOwn the internally developed libraries for authentication and other common functionality, ensuring they are well documented, kept up to date, and widely adopted across product teams.\nBuild, lead and mentor a team of platform, developer experience and developer productivity engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, craftsmanship and continuous improvement.\nPrepare Tide’s engineering platform for agentic development, ensuring our tooling, paved roads and guardrails allow AI coding agents (e.g. Claude Code) to contribute safely and effectively alongside human engineers.\nDefine the platform, tooling and operating model for running AI-developed applications in production, covering observability, security, testing and governance for agent-authored code.\nPartner closely with engineering leaders, security and compliance stakeholders across Tide’s product and platform teams to identify friction points and shape the platform roadmap.\nWHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: \nTide is seeking an experienced Head of Developer Experience to lead our efforts in making our engineers as productive and effective as possible. The ideal candidate will have:\nA proven track record leading Developer Experience, Platform Engineering or DevOps/SRE teams at scale.\nHands-on experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and developer tooling in a modern cloud environment.\nExperience with Backstage, or a comparable internal developer portal / service catalogue tool, including rollout and adoption.\nExperience running a developer productivity or paved-road function, including building and maintaining project templates (e.g. Java/Spring, Python) and shared libraries (e.g. authentication, common functionality) used by product teams.\nWorking knowledge of engineering productivity frameworks such as DORA metrics or SPACE, and experience using them to drive improvement.\nFamiliarity with agentic and AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot), and a point of view on the guardrails, governance and infrastructure needed to run AI-developed applications safely in production.\nStrong people leadership skills, with a track record of building, growing and developing high-performing engineering teams.\nExcellent communication and stakeholder management skills, able to influence engineering leaders across multiple teams and locations.\nExperience in financial services or another regulated, technology-driven scale-up environment is a plus.\n\nOUR TECH STACK\nOur platform and developer experience tooling includes: Terraform, Helm, Crossplane, Kubernetes (K8S), GitHub, AWS, GCP, Claude, and Backstage as our developer portal and service catalogue. Our product teams build on Java/Spring Boot and Python.\nWHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN: \nCompetitive Compensation - competitive salary and share options\nTime Off - Generous annual leave on top of bank holidays.\nParental Leave - Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support your family journey.\nSabbatical - Extended unpaid and paid leave options after completing milestone years with Tide.\nHealth Insurance - Private family insurance with additional OPD coverage and top-up options.\nLife & Accident Cover - Comprehensive accidental and life insurance protection.\nMental Wellbeing - Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops.\nVolunteering & Development Days - Paid days annually for volunteering or personal growth.\nLearning & Development - Annual budget for books, courses, coaching, and more.\nWOO (Work Outside the Office) - Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually.\nHome Office Setup - Contribution towards setting up your home office\nLaptop Ownership - Keep your old laptop and get a new one when it’s time for a replacement.\nSnacks & Meals - Office perks with snacks, coffee, tea, and lunch (location dependent).\nTIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING\nAt 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. \nWhile 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.\nTIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE\nAt 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. \nWe are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.\nAt 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.\nDisclaimer\nIt 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:\nTide does not charge any fees at any stage of the recruitment process.\nAll official Tide job opportunities are listed exclusively on our Careers Page and applications should be submitted through this channel.\nCommunication from Tide will only come from an official @tide.co email address.\nTide 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.\nIf you are contacted by anyone misrepresenting Tide or requesting payment, please treat it as fraudulent and report it to us immediately at \nYour safety and trust are important to us, and we are committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process.\nTide leverages AI to enhance our hiring experience. 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