Principal Engineer, Partner Credit Services

1 Day ago • 10 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Principal Engineer, you will be a technical leader, managing Engineering Managers (EMs) and focusing on technical leadership, architecture, and engineering strategy. You will define and drive the architectural direction for Tide’s Intermediated Credit product, ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance. You will lead the design and development of high-quality Intermediated Credit products. This role is hands-on, involving direct involvement in architecture, providing technical guidance, ensuring best practices in software engineering, security, and system design, and mentoring engineers to foster a culture of technical excellence. This role offers the opportunity to influence the entire Intermediated Credit portfolio, drive innovation, and shape strategy as we scale globally. This role offers a chance to influence the entire Intermediated Credit portfolio, drive innovation, and shape strategy as we scale globally.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of backend engineering experience, 5+ in fintech
  • Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Proficiency in Python and modern cloud-native development
  • Experience designing fault-tolerant, high-availability architectures
  • Ability to translate strategic goals into technical roadmaps
Perks:
  • Flexible working options
  • Share options
  • Group Life Insurance
  • Vitality Health Insurance
  • 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days
  • 3 days for L&D or volunteering time off per year
  • £1,000 professional L&D budget per year
  • Access to salary sacrifice benefits
  • Spacious brand-new office with an all-day snacks bar
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave
  • Sabbatical leave

Job Details

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 

The Partner Credit Services domain powers Tide’s Intermediated Credit product for its Members. Our mission is to provide Tide Members with a compelling and competitive choice of funding options that suit their needs, through our broad network of lender partners.

The domain consists of multiple autonomous cross-functional product engineering teams, each focused on a specific value stream. As we continue to grow our UK business and expand into new markets, we are continually enhancing our capabilities and integrating with global partners. Our teams operate in a modern microservices architecture, ensuring high availability, scalability, and resilience.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Principal Engineer, you will be a technical leader, playing a pivotal role in shaping the future of Tide’s intermediated credit platform. Managing the Engineering Managers (EMs) within the domain, this role is focused on technical leadership, architecture, and engineering strategy.

As a Principal Engineer you will

  • Defining and driving the architectural direction for Tide’s Intermediated Credit product, ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance.
  • Leading the design and development of high quality Intermediated Credit products.
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product, Compliance, Business) to enhance Tide’s credit offerings.
  • Integrating with third-party providers.
  • This is a technically hands on role. Getting directly involved in your architecture, providing hands-on technical guidance, ensuring best practices in software engineering, security, and system design.
  • Managing and mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.

This role offers the opportunity to influence the entire Intermediated Credit portfolio, drive innovation, and shape strategy as we scale globally.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a highly technical and strategic engineering leader with deep expertise in fintech, and distributed architectures. Preferably with a background in Credit platforms.

  • 10+ years of backend engineering experience, with at least 5 years working in fintech.
  • Strong experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems.
  • Proficient in the Python ecosystem, relational databases, and modern cloud-native development, with expertise in designing scalable micro-services.
  • Hands-on experience designing fault-tolerant, high-availability architectures.
  • Proven ability to deliver 3rd party integrations, including influencing the provider's delivery and roadmaps.
  • Ability to translate strategic goals into a clear technical roadmap and effectively communicate the “why” behind technical decisions.

OUR TECH STACK

Our teams build loosely coupled microservices, enabling fast, autonomous development. Our architecture prioritizes scalability, security, and resilience, ensuring seamless financial transactions. We use:

  • Backend: Python, FastAPI, Flask
  • Databases: PostgreSQL
  • Messaging: Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS
  • Infrastructure: Kubernetes (EKS), AWS
  • Frontend: Flutter (Mobile), Angular and React (Web)

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN 

Our location-specific employee benefits are designed to cater to the unique needs of Tideans: 

  • Flexible working options
  • Share options 
  • Group Life Insurance 
  • Vitality Health Insurance, with a proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing
  • 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days
  • 3 days for L&D or volunteering time off per year
  • We invest in your development with a £1,000 professional L&D budget per year
  • Access to ‘salary sacrifice’ benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme and pension contribution
  • Spacious brand-new office near Old Street with an all-day snacks bar
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave
  • Sabbatical leave 

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-AC1 #LI-Remote #LI-Hybrid

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.

 

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About The Company

Tide is the leading provider of UK small business (SMEs) accounts and one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the UK. Tide is live in the UK and India with over 650,000 members in the UK and more than 350,000 in India.


Tide is transforming the small business banking market. Our platform not only offers business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly connected admin tools for businesses, such as full integration with accounting systems (live for our UK members, many are live in India, and coming soon to Germany). 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.

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